Week 8 Year 12 EXP 2
Suggest why the electronegativity of fluorine is greater than that of chlorine, despite the fact that the nucleus of a chlorine atom contains more protons
•2) Ionic bonding and covalent bonding are two extremes of chemical bonding; many compounds have bonding that is intermediate in character
•(a) Giving an example in each case, explain what is meant by the terms ‘ionic bonding’ and ‘covalent bonding’
•(b) Select a compound that has bonding of an intermediate character and explain why it has this type of bonding
•3) Place the following bonds in order of decreasing polarity (i.e. place the most polar first) and explain how you arrived at your answer
•C-Br C-Cl C-F C-I

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