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    Design Lab: Investigating Properties of Ionic and Covalent Compounds Using Commonly Used Compounds

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    The document describes an experiment to investigate how the conductivity of commonly used compounds can indicate their type of chemical bond. It explains that ionic compounds conduct electricity when molten or dissolved due to mobile ions, while covalent compounds do not conduct well as they lack free ions or electrons. The experiment will test the conductivity of compounds in different states to determine whether they have ionic or covalent bonds based on their conductivity properties.

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    Design Lab

    Investigating properties of ionic and covalent compounds


    using commonly used compounds.
    Dhairya Gandhi
    Chemistry SL, DP 1
    Aim
    How does the conductivity of commonly used compounds affect and inform us about what
    type of chemical bond they possess?

    Hypothesis
    Background Information
    Molecular compounds can be either ionic or covalent. Covalent compounds mean that the
    atoms that are bonded share electrons, and combine two non-metals together, while ionic
    bonding is when a metal and a non-metal combine. Since covalent and ionic compounds are
    significantly different, they also tend to have opposite properties such as appearance,
    conductivity, solubility, and melting/boiling points.
    Ionic compounds conduct electricity in a solution as well as in molten form because of the
    ions that let the electricity pass through, while covalent compounds are poor conductors
    because they don’t allow this. Ionic compounds are also crystalline solids from appearance
    because they are made of ions; meanwhile covalent bonds are made of molecules and more
    defined shapes for their appearance.
    Covalent compounds form when atoms that have similar electronegative values form
    covalent chemical bonds. When a covalent compound dissolves in water, it does not
    dissociate into ions. Because there are no free electrons or ions in the water dissolved
    covalent compounds can’t conduct electricity. Similarly, covalent compounds aren’t
    conductive in pure form either.
    Ionic solids have no free electrons. Any charged particles (including ions) can carry electric
    current, but in an ionic solid the ions are trapped in the lattice, and cannot move away from
    their fixed positions. Solid ionic compounds do not conduct electricity. In the liquid state the
    charged ions are able to move around. The positive ions move towards the negative
    terminal, and the negative ions move towards the positive terminal. Thus the current is
    carried through the liquid, and the compound is able to conduct electricity. Molten ionic
    compounds do conduct electricity. When ionic solids are put in water, the polar water
    molecules attract the ions in the lattice, and pull them into solution. The attractive forces from
    the water molecules are enough to break down the strong ionic bonds, and so most ionic
    compounds dissolve in water easily. The charged ions can move freely around the water, so
    dissolved ionic solids can conduct electricity well.

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