C2 2.3 Giant Covalent Structures
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- Created on: 10-04-15 13:18
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- Giant Covalent Structures
- Atoms of some elements can form several covalent bonds
- These can join together in giant covalent structures
- Sometimes called macromolecules
- These can join together in giant covalent structures
- Joined together by strong covalent bonds
- Needs an enormous amount of energy to break he lattice
- Very high melting and boiling points
- Diamond is a form of carbon that has a regular 3D giant structre
- Every carbon atom is bonded to four others
- Hard and transparent
- Graphite is a form of carbon where each atom bonds to three others
- It forms in giant, flat 2D layers
- No covalent bonds between layers so they slide over each other
- Atoms of some elements can form several covalent bonds
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