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Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
representations of molecular substances (electron dot formulas, structural formulas, valence structures, ball-and-stick models, space-filling models) including limitations of representations.
Summary Notes
Summary Notes
A picture of water which is a covalent molecule (Pixabay License)
What is a Covalent Bond?
What is a Covalent Bond?
A covalent bond is one made between two non metals where the elements share elements.
Common covalent molecules include water (H2O) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
Lewis Diagram for Chlorine Gas
Lewis Diagrams
Lewis Diagrams
A lewis dot diagram is a structural representation of a molecule where dots are used to show valence electron positions around atoms and lines show covalent bonds.
Videos to help build your understanding
Videos to help build your understanding
Covalent vs Ionic Bonds
How to draw Lewis Diagrams
Practice Material
Practice Material
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