Secondary Bonding
  • 1/4 to 1/6 of a covalent bond's strength 
Hydrogen bonds
  • Form of ionic bond
  • Strongest when aligned linearly
  • 15-70kJ/mole
  • in water, avg 3.5 bonds per molecule 
Boiling Point
The more hydrogen bonds, the higher the boiling point.  Makes sense, since there are more bonds to break 
Van der waals
  • Dipole-dipole interactions
  • AKA london forces, dispersion forces
  • Polar molecules = permanent dipole 
Induced dipoles
Temperature causes atoms to oscillate a little bit, electron cloud shifts a little bit in the atom.  So that causes a slight positive/slight negative charge on the atom.
  • Not dipole, non polar
  • Weaker than polar
  • True for ALL molecules (even electronlically stable ones) 
Force due to two charged objects
        q1q2
F = ---------
      4piE0r^2

Where E0 = 8.85x10^-12
Bonding Energy
According to F above...
Two oppositely charged atoms should collide and BOOM form a glorious reaction
- BUT there's also repulsive force (Pauli exclusion principle), which increases as r decreases
Potential Energy
U = Negative integral of the F(r) 
  • Negative U = attractive
  • Negative F = attractive  
How to calculate the real force/pot energy between two atoms
Use general "6-12" potential, and look up the A and B constants for the two atoms.  Then use:
U = -A/r^6 + B/r^12
Force function is simply the derivative of that
Something about hybridization of orbitals
Such that the electron forms a range of energies at bond distances.

Conductivity, resistivity
Vs conductance and resistance 
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