Chemical bonding happens when the lasting attraction between atoms, ions, and molecules allows the formation of chemical compounds. There are a few different types of bonds in chemistry, such as ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding.
Metallic Bonding
What is a Chemical Bond?
Ionic Bonding vs. Covalent Bonding
Ionic bonding occurs when the attraction between oppositely charged ions in a chemical compound form. These type of bonds transfer electrons.
Valence Electrons
Covalent bonding occurs when electron pairs are shared, not transferred, between atoms.
Nonpolar bonding occurs when two atoms share their electrons equally
Polar Bonds vs. Nonpolar Bonds
Periodic Trends
Polar bonding occurs when two bonded atoms share electrons unequally.
A metallic bond is formed with positively charged atoms that share their electrons. This is the most common type of bond formed between metals.
They can be shared and transferred between atoms.
Valence electrons are the electrons in the outermost shell (energy level) of an atom.
These are trends that appear in the periodic table that affect bonding and illustrate different trends in different properties of elements and their atoms.
One example would be the melting and boiling points of each element. Metallic bonds tend to have a higher melting point, while nonmetallic bonds have a lower melting point.