Salts (Ionic Compounds) & Metals
Name: _________________________________
1. Why do atoms form chemical bonds?
2. What two types of ions form an ionic bond?
3. What is the difference between a cation and an anion?
4. What is another name for an ionic compound? Salt
5. In what state are most ionic compounds at room temperature? SOLID
6. When can ionic compounds conduct electricity?
7. Why can’t solid ionic compounds conduct electricity?
8. What makes ionic compounds electrically neutral?
9. Why do ionic compounds have high boiling points?
10. What makes ionic compounds hard?
11. What makes ionic compounds brittle?
12. Describe how a metal is able to conduct electricity.
For each of the following determine whether the statement applies to metals, salts, both or neither.
13. _________________ They have high melting & boiling points.
14. _________________ They are arranged into crystals.
15. _________________ They conduct electricity as solids.
16. _________________ They have free moving electrons.
17. _________________ They are malleable and ductile.
18. _________________ They conduct electricity only when they are molten or dissolved in water.
19. _________________ Their bonds are formed between a cation and an anion.
20. _________________ They are generally solid at room temperature.
21. _________________ Valence electrons are attached to only one atom.
22.
_________________ They are brittle.
Salts (Ionic Compounds) & Metals
Name: _________________________________
1.
Why do atoms form chemical bonds?
2.
What two types of ions form an ionic bond?
3.
What is the difference between a cation and an anion?
4.
What is another name for an ionic compound?
5.
What is a unit cell?
6.
Why are unit cells of different ionic compounds different?
7.
Name three ways atoms can arrange themselves into cubic crystal systems.
8.
In what state are most ionic compounds at room temperature?
9.
When can ionic compounds conduct electricity?
10.
Why can’t solid ionic compounds conduct electricity?
11.
What makes ionic compounds electrically neutral?
12.
Why do ionic compounds have high boiling points?
13.
What makes ionic compounds hard?
14.
What makes ionic compounds brittle?
15.
Describe how a metal is able to conduct electricity.
For each of the following determine whether the statement applies to metals, salts, both or neither.
16.
_________________ They have high melting & boiling points.
17.
_________________ They are arranged into crystals.
18.
_________________ They conduct electricity as solids.
19.
_________________ They have free moving electrons.
20.
_________________ They are malleable and ductile.
21.
_________________ They conduct electricity only when they are molten or dissolved in water.
22.
_________________ Their bonds are formed between a cation and an anion.
23.
_________________ They are generally solid at room temperature.
24.
_________________ Valence electrons are attached to only one atom.
25.
_________________ They are brittle.