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What are the different types of bonding in chemicals?

There are 2 types of bonding in chemicals; ionic bonding and covalent bonding. Both of these aim to fill the outer shells of the atoms. You can also have bonds between molecules called intramolecular bonds. ...
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What is an isotope?

Isotopes are different forms of the same element by mass . While an atom is classified as a particular element based on the number of protons in the nucleus, the specific isotope of that element is determine...
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Explain the trend in Ionisation energy when moving across a period and down a group

Key definitions/explanation of terms Ionisation energy is the energy required to r emove one mole of electrons from one mole of gaseous atoms to produce one mole of gaseous ions with a 1+ charge. Electron sh...
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Explain why the second ionisation energy of boron is higher than the first ionisation energy of boron?

Boron is the 5th element in the periodic table, and has an electron configuration 1s 2 2s 2 2p 1 . The first ionization energy of Boron is the energy required to remove the single 2p electron, while the seco...
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What's the difference between an electrophile and a nucleophile?

It's really useful to know that 'phile' means love.Electrophiles 'love' negative charge - this means they are attracted to regions of negative charge. And as such they tend to be positively charged.Similaril...
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