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RATINGS: Sites are rated from 1 owl (good) to a high of 5 owls. Read more- Diamonds Are Forever: What about Chemical Bonding?
Why doesn't a diamond dissolve in water? If diamond and graphite are both carbon, why are they so different? And what does that have to do with covalent bonds? This website uses illustrations to compare their bonding structures.
- The Making of a Molecule
Know how to make a molecule? Scientists at Cornell University do. In their laboratory, they bond atoms with molecules to make compounds that have never been seen before.
- Atomic Magic: Covalent Bonds
Without covalent bonds, life on Earth would be impossible because all organic compounds use them. Click through the Covalent Bonds page of the Atomic Magic website, hosted by ThinkQuest, to learn about the nature of electrons. Then take a more in-depth look at covalent bonds.
- Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding
Shared pairs of electrons between atoms form a covalent bond. Substances with covalent bonds have lower melting points than substances with ionic bonds, because covalent bonds are stronger. Read about it at this clear, attractive, illustrated presentation of covalent and ionic bonding (which will be covered in the next focus area).
Atoms That Share: Covalent Bonds
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