A - CI6.3 Radiation and Radicals
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- Breaking bonds - bond fission
- Bonds can either break by Heterolytic fission or Homolytic fission
Heterolytic Fission
- Both of the shared electrons go to just one atom when the bond breaks
- Atom then becomes -ve charged
- Has one more electron than proton
- Other atom is +ve charged
- Common in polar bonds
eg.
Homolytic Fission
- One of the two shared elecrtons goes to each atom
eg.
- They are highly reactive atoms with unpaired electrons - radicals
Radicals
- Unpaired electron makes it extremely reactive
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