PROPERTIES AND BONDING OCR AS CHEMISTRY

IONIC BONDING:

• examples: NaCl and MgCl2
• melting and boiling points: high
• State at STP: solid
• conducting electricity: only as a liquid
• soluble in water: yes

SIMPLE MOLECULAR (COVALENT)

• examples: CO2, I2, H2O
• melting and boiling points: low as only have to overcome van der waal or hydrogen not covalent bonds
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