What is an example of a covalent bond?
Nearly all organic Materials have covalent bonding between their atoms, inside the molecule. Simple Example will be Methane. Which consists of one carbon and four hydrogen.
Diamond is an example of what type of bonding?
diamonds are purely carbon molecules which are covalently bonded. Because of carbon's unique chemical properties, as carbon atoms bond with one another they form an incredible compact organization, which gives diamond its strength. They are the examples of covalent bonding
Bonding in diamond......?
If your'e familiar with the concept of electronegativity, you can use it to determine what kind of bond is present. If the electronegativity difference between two atoms is 1.7 or greater, the bond is an ionic bond (Na-Cl for example). 0.4 - 1.7 is polar covalent (H-O bond), and 0-0.4 is non-polar covalent (just called covalent, C-H for example). These numerical values follow the Pauling scale, you can look them up easily. You're absolutely correct that diamond is just a big cluster or carbon atoms, much like graphite is. Different forms of molecules of the same element are called allotropes. So you can have a C100 molecule (very tiny, realistically any visible mocule is trillions of atoms as you know) of graphite or a C100 molecules of diamond, two different allotropes of pure carbon. Diamond is actually less stable and will revert to graphite over the couse of many years (thousands). Anyways I've gotten excited and run away with my words. A bond between two of the same atom will have an electronegativity difference of 0 (obviously). So this fits in the non-polar covalent category, not the polar covalent as you suspected. Hope that helps!
What type of covalent bonding is found in diamonds?
A Diamond is a giant molecular structure.Each carbon atom is covalently bonded to four other carbon atoms.It is a 4 covalent bond, which is the strongest possible.
Strongest type of bonds?
Non polar covalent is the strongest primary bond, and Hydrogen bonding is the strongest of the secondary bonds. Primary Bonds are stronger than secondary bonds. (SECONDARY BONDS = London Disp. Forces -Weakest and Dipole-Dipole) (PRIMARY BONDS = Covalent and Ionic Bonding) So, order is - 1-Non Polar Covalent 2-Polar Covalent 3-Ionic 4-Hydrogen Bonding 5-Dipole-Dipole 6-London Dispersion Forces
Which of the following is an example of an ionic solid?
sodium chloride - compound of a metal and of a non-metal (this is a usual reference though there are exceptions to the rule)
Why is diamond a strong material despite having covalent bonds?
Covalent bonds are strong. The occur when atoms share electrons.However, not all substances containing covalent bonds are strong. This largely depends on the structure of the atoms.Diamond and graphite (the thing which makes up pencils) are both made entirely from carbon, covalently bonded. Diamond is hard, graphite is very soft. The difference is their structure.Diamond has a tetrahedral structure with all the carbon atoms connected together in a network. Due to the strength of the bonds and this tetrahedral structure, diamond is hard.On the other hand, graphite is made up of lots of sheets. These sheets are made up of covalently bonded carbon atoms. However, it is soft because the sheets can easily slide past each other, in comparison to diamond’s tetrahedral structure where they are all connected together in a giant covalent network(could also be called a lattice). There is some attraction between the sheets, but this is very weak compared to covalent bonds.Ionic are not as strong. They occur when one atom donates one or more electrons, forming ions which are attracted to each other due to their opposite charges. An example would be salt.Hope this clears up some confusion :)-WL
What mineral has metallic bonding?
The only one that is a metal.