GCSE Chemistry Specification

OCR B J258

Section C2.3: How do metals and non-metals combine to form compounds?

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#C2.3.1

recall the simple properties of Group 0 including their low melting and boiling points, their state at room temperature and pressure and their lack of chemical reactivity

#C2.3.2

explain how observed simple properties of Groups 1, 7 and 0 depend on the outer shell of electrons of the atoms and predict properties from given trends down the groups

#C2.3.3

explain how the reactions of elements are related to the arrangement of electrons in their atoms and hence to their atomic number

#C2.3.4

explain how the atomic structure of metals and non-metals relates to their position in the Periodic Table

#C2.3.5

describe the nature and arrangement of chemical bonds in ionic compounds

#C2.3.6

explain ionic bonding in terms of electrostatic forces and transfer of electrons

#C2.3.7

calculate numbers of protons, neutrons and electrons in atoms and ions, given atomic number and mass number or by using the Periodic Table

#C2.3.8

construct dot and cross diagrams for simple ionic substances

#C2.3.9

explain how the bulk properties of ionic materials are related to the type of bonds they contain

#C2.3.10

use ideas about energy transfers and the relative strength of attraction between ions to explain the melting points of ionic compounds compared to substances with other types of bonding

#C2.3.11

describe the limitations of particular representations and models of ions and ionically bonded compounds, including dot and cross diagrams, and 3-D representations

#C2.3.12

translate information between diagrammatic and numerical forms and represent three dimensional shapes in two dimensions and vice versa when looking at chemical structures for ionic compounds