Bonding On the NET…

Some web sites you might find helpful….  

Ionic/Covalent/Metallic Bonding

• Nice Animation with simple description of the three different types of bonding http://207.10.97.102/chemzone/lessons/03bonding/mleebonding/default.htm
• This site focuses on primarily ionic and covalent bonding http://old.jccc.net/~pdecell/chemistry/bonds.html
• Description of the three types of bonding with reference to electronegativity differences http://www.beyondbooks.com/psc92/3.asp
• This site relates bonding back to the electronic configuration http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/cbond.htm
• This site has some interesting animation describing the three types of bonding http://mychemistrypage.future.easyspace.com/General/bonding/bonding.htm
• This site has some good pictures and material on the different types of bonds. http://extra.shu.ac.uk/rinr/pri-old/scripts/resources/uploaded/atoms_chemical.htm
• This is an encyclopedia site about chemical bonds in general, but at the bottom of the page there is a section that has links to other sites within their site on:  ionic bonds, covalent bonds, and metallic and hydrogen bonds.  http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c1/chem-bnd.asp
• This site discusses, different types of bonds:  covalent, ionic, hydrogen, metallic, and then it even discusses the forces between molecules in a liquid as Van Der Waals bonds.  http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/chemical/bond.html#c2
• Creativity at its best.  Bond Type and Dog bones
  http://207.10.97.102/chemzone/lessons/03bonding/dogbonds.htm#Ionic Bonding

 Writing chemical formulas for ionic compounds

• Site has step-by-step rules for naming and writing chemical formulas for ionic compounds along with self check examples http://chemsite.lsrhs.net/d_Equations_and_Formulas/naming_ionic.html
• Step-by-step instructions with some examples.  A different way of naming covalent compounds is shown. http://www.fordhamprep.com/gcurran/sho/sho/lessons/lesson53.htm
• This site shows relationship to periodic table and naming http://www.mpcfaculty.net/mark_bishop/ionic_nomenclature_help.htm
• Rules and quiz for naming ionic compounds http://www.ausetute.com.au/namiform.html

 Binary Covalent, and IUPAC Organic Nomenclature

• Naming binary covalent compounds http://www.mpcfaculty.net/mark_bishop/binary_covalent_nomenclature.htm
• Basic Introductory Organic Nomenclature http://people.ouc.bc.ca/woodcock/nomenclature/ras-100.htm
• Naming different functional groups.  Uses chime plugin. http://michele.usc.edu/105b/organic/funcgroups.html
• Just a listing of some common functional groups http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/pharm/tg/asp/ester/ester01.htm

 Quiz on Bonding  

• Self-correcting quiz on chemical bonding http://www.quia.com/jq/10777.html

Electronegativity

• Schematics showing relationship between electronegativity and the types of bonding
• http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/E/Electronegativity.html
• Relating electronegativity to polar bonds http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/notes/electronegativity.html

Shape

• This page lists the different possibilities for the shape of molecules
• http://www.ausetute.com.au/shapemol.html

Valence Shell Electron Repulsion Theory

• This site shows the VSEPR theory. It uses Chime plugin.
• http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/vsepr/

Empirical Formulas     

• Input an empirical formula.  Find minerals with this empirical formula
• Define empirical formula and shows mineral index of materials containing that formula http://webmineral.com/help/EmpiricalFormula.shtml
• Examples showing how to do empirical and molecular formulas http://www.towson.edu/~ladon/empiric.html
• Step-by-step description of doing empirical formulas http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/cempfm.htm