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Activity 1: Chemical
Fundamentals
receive electrons
This results in attractions between atoms called
chemical bonds
2. ION
An ion is an atom or molecule with an electrical
charge resulting from gain or loss of electrons =
positively or negatively charged atoms
The electrons spend more few time away from the more
electropositive atom (H) will have partial positive
charge
EXAMPLE OF ELECTRONEGATIVITY
Water (H2O) has atoms with different
electronegativities
Oxygen attracts the shared electrons more
strongly than hydrogen
So, the shared electrons spend more time near
oxygen
The result is a polar covalent bond
5. POLAR MOLECULES
In H2O the oxygen atom has a slight negative
charge and the hydrogens have a slight positive
charge