Bonding

• bonding occurs to create the most stable atoms, which occur when the outer shell is full
• bonding is based on the octet rule
• stable atoms are preferred
• there are three types (go into more detail in sub categories): ionic, covalent and metallic
• bond strength is created by the intramolecular bonds and is determined through Bond Energy
• the rank of the bond strengths are: 1. network covalent bonds, 2. ionic bonds, 3.metallic bonds, 4. polar covalent bonds, 5. non-polar covalent bonds