Electrical Conductivity and Models of Bonding Electric current – Flow of Charge (+ or – ions or electrons). Link to Battery animation MOVING ELECTRONS MOVING IONS
Conductivity of metals – Moving electrons carry charge
nonElectrolyte, weak electrolyte, strong electrolyte solutions
COVALENTLY BONDED SUBSTANCES DON’T FORM IONS WHEN DISSOLVED IN WATER NOTE: ONLY NEUTRAL MOLECULES PRESENT; NO FULLY CHARGED PARTICLES NEUTRAL ETHANOL DISSOLVED IN WATER NEUTRAL SUGAR MOLECULES DISSOLVED IN WATER
Solid salt – ionic lattice IoNS LOCKED INTO POSITION BY MULTIPLE ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTION EACH ION IS BONDED TO 6 IONS OF THE OPPOSITE CHARGE
Molten sodium chloride is an excellent conductor Moving ions free to move past each other
IONIC COMPOUNDS SEPARATE INTO IONS IN SOLUTION WATER IS POLAR; IT HAS A PARTIALLY NEGATIVE OXYGEN SIDE AND PARTIALLY POSITIVE HYDROGEN SIDES THAT WILL ATTRACT IONS OUT OF THE LATTICE LINK TO SALT DISSOLVING ANIMATION
Conductivity of ionic compounds
CONDUCTIVITY OF IONIC COMPOUNDS
Don Showalter world of chem salt vs sugar Link to video salt vs sugar Electric pickle