Question

how is energy transferred between these bonds and what role does oxygen play in formation and breaking of bonds?
bonds- ionic, covalent(polar and nonpolar), hydrogen and van der wahls

Answer 1

What are \(\sf "these"\) bonds?

Answer 2

these bonds refers to- ionic, covalent (polar and nonpolar),hydrogen and van der wahls bonds

Answer 3

Hm it's a weird question because the "mechanism" for energy transfer comes from the arrangement of electrons and the types of atoms the bonds are being broken/formed, which changes the potential energy of the system as a whole - there is not direct transfer like you would see with another type of transfer like thermal energy.

Answer 4

mechanism? the question is different from what you are thinking. Do you have any idea of the role that oxygen plays in foramtion for ionic bonding bc i cant find it anywhere.

Answer 5

i mean in ionic bonding does oxygen do anything in formation like the role of it

Answer 6

Hm it doesnt play a role on every ionic bond (if that's what you're asking), only when it's present does it "play a role". Oxygen (because of it's high electronegativity) tends to gain electrons to become negatively charged, as \(\large O^{2-}\), thus it forms ionic bonds to cations - which are typically metals.

Answer 7

oh so since its high in electronegatively does that mean that breaking of the bonds is easy or not?

Answer 8

hmm no. electronegativity plays a role in the attraction of electrons - a high electronegativity corresponds to a great attraction. An ionic bond is a electrostatic attraction between 2 charged particles. So no, being highly electronegative doesnt have much to do with the ease an ionic bond is broken.

Answer 9

so, are you saying its not breakable? b/c that is the 2nd part of the question i am working on

Answer 10

More the electronegativity difference between two bonded atom, more is the amount of energy it will need to break the bond

Answer 11

Its definitely breakable - all bonds are.

Answer 12

oh, they are breakable? then the oxygen makes it more breakable

Answer 13

I guess the difference of EN can be used to roughly gauge bond strength, but other factors , like size and charge, come into play.

No, oxygen doesn't make more or less breakable.

Answer 14

What do you exactly want to know ?

Answer 15

if it doesnt make it more breakable then im confused

Answer 16

It depends what you're comparing.

For example, Li-OH is weaker than \(Li_2\)O

Answer 17

ok do you know what a bond is ?

Answer 18

@abhisar
what i want to know is what role does oxygen play in formation and breaking of bonds? i already answered the first part of formation i just need the part of breaking of bonds

Answer 19

yes i know what a bond is

Answer 20

i dont think im comparing im just answering those two question for ionic,hydrogen,van der wahls and covalent bonds

Answer 21

The role of \(O^{2-}\) would be to disrupt other existing bond by attracting the cation, or partially charged positive atom, from it's original partner.

Answer 22

i think this might be what you mean..

Answer 23

yes i think so, so the cation and anion bond weakend which makes the oxygen more stable right?

Answer 24

when the bond between the original partners weakens, the bond between the oxygen and cation would become more stable as a result of proximity.

Answer 25

yes thats it!!! thanks

Answer 26

alright, no problem !