Held together by covalent bonding

Molecule (Section 1.5) A neutral collection of atoms held together by covalent bonds. 

The ions dealt with to this point (e.g., Na+, Cl-) are monatomic that is, they are derived from a single atom by the loss or gain of electrons. Many of the most important ions in chemistry are polyatomic, containing more than one atom. Examples include the hydroxide ion (OH-) and the ammonium ion (NH ). In these and other polyatomic ions, the atoms are held together by covalent bonds, for example,... 

The concept of silicates as inorganic polymers was implicit in the ideas developed by W. H. Zacheriasen in the early 1930s. He conceived of silicates as consisting of macromolecular structures held together by covalent bonds but including network-dwelling cations. These cations were not assumed to have a structural role but merely to be present in order to balance the charges on the anionic polymer network. 

The DNA double heUx illustrates the contribution of multiple forces to the structure of biomolecules. While each individual DNA strand is held together by covalent bonds, the two strands of the helix are held together exclusively by noncovalent interactions. These noncovalent interactions include hydrogen bonds between nucleotide bases (Watson-Crick base pairing) and van der Waals interactions between the stacked purine and pyrimidine bases. The hehx presents the charged phosphate groups and polar ribose sugars of... 

This relationship is illustrated in Figure 1. The science of solids is the science of supramolecular systems in which the three-dimensional solid structure is held together by covalent bonds... 

Polymeric networks held together by covalent bonds yet completely disordered... 

Ionic compounds are made up of positively charged ions (usually metal ions) and negatively charged ions (usually non-metal ions or polyatomic anions) held together by electrostatic forces of attraction. Molecular compounds are made up of discrete units called molecules. Generally they consist of a small number of nonmetal atoms held together by covalent bonds (sharing of electrons). 

In many ways, the molecular models that we have used as the basis for our CAMD studies describe coal structure very well. However, none of the models investigated thus far contains explicit three-dimensional covalent cross-links. Actualfy, the models we have studied are primarily constructed of long chains of one-dimensionally-linked clusters with a number of short side-chains. However, it has been established on the basis of solvent swelling studies (11.15.16) that bituminous coal is primarily made up from a three-dimensional network of clusters held together by covalent bonds and by an even higher density of hydrogen bonds. These macromolecular models of coal, which are less concerned with the molecular structure than with the ways that clusters are bonded to one another, provide a complementary way of describing coal structure. 

The sharing of electrons between two atoms is called a covalent bond. Such bonds owe their stability to the interaction of the shared electrons with both positive nuclei. The nuclei will be separated by a certain distance — termed the bond distance -that maximizes the nuclear-electron attractions balanced against the nuclear-nuclear repulsion. A molecule is a neutral species of two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds. 

Ionic compounds result from the combination of a positive ion known as a cation and a negative ion called an anion. Salt is an ionic compound in which sodium cations and chloride anions chemically combined. Molecular compounds contain discrete molecular units. Molecular units or molecules are the smallest unit of a molecular compound. Atoms in a compound are held together by covalent bonds. Bonds dictate how atoms are held together in a compound or molecule, but for now, just think of ionic compounds as compounds composed of ions, and molecular compounds as compounds composed of molecules. Sugar, water, and carbon dioxide are examples of molecular compounds. 

It is easy to see from the examples in the previous section how two identical atoms can share electrons to achieve an octet and form diatomic molecules. Because each of our examples dealt with identical atoms, the electrons can be considered to be shared equally by each atom. The bond formed when the atoms are equally shared can be thought of as a pure covalent bond. But what happens in covalent compounds Remember, a compound contains two different elements. When atoms of two different elements are held together by covalent bonds, there is an unequal sharing of the electrons. The sharing of electrons in a covalent bond may be compared to you and a friend sharing a flashlight while walking down a dark street. If you and your friend both held the... 

Cosmic Radiation charged atomic particles originating from space Covalent Bond chemical bond in which electrons are shared between atoms Covalent Crystal crystal in which atoms are held together by covalent bonds in a rigid three-dimensional network, for example, diamond... 

Molecular Orbital Theory a model that uses wave functions to describe the position of electrons in a molecule, assuming electrons are delocalized within the molecule Molecular Solid a solid that contains molecules at the lattice points Molecule a group of atoms that exist as a unit and are held together by covalent bonds... 

A substance composed of atoms held together by covalent bonds is a covalent compound. The fundamental unit of most covalent compounds is a molecule, which we can now formally define as any group of atoms held together by covalent bonds. Figure 6.13 uses the element fluorine to illustrate this principle. 

In Chapter 8, we emphasize the loss and gain of. electrons, leading to the formation of electrically charged ions, such as Na+ and Wien eTecfons are shared, a molecule is formed, and the atoms are connected by a covalent bond. In this chapter we emphasize the approximate shapes, interatomic distances, and bond energies of molecules and molecular ions that are held together by covalent bonds. 

Even some elements exist as molecules rather than as atoms. Hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine all exist as diatomic (two-atom) molecules whose two atoms are held together by covalent bonds. We therefore have to write them as such when using any of these elements in a chemical equation. 

Organic polymeric coagulants and flocculants (or polyelectrolytes) are polymers of repeating monomer units held together by covalent bonds and are available in many hundreds of permutations, in such a variety of molecular weights, ionic charges, physical form, etc., that it has become the province of experts in this field to determine the precise product or combination of products most suitable for any specific purpose. 

Molecules of some compounds are held together by covalent bonds consisting of shared electrons. 

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