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Stable duplet    Stable octet
                             electron        electron            Affect the solubility and boiling
                           arrangement     arrangement            point of covalent compounds
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                                                                   Attraction force between H
                                                                  atom and F, O and N atoms in
                                Group 18 elements                      different molecules

                                                                                    The shared pair of
                              Compound Formation      Hydrogen Bond                  electrons comes
                                                                                   from the same atom

                                                                  Dative Bond
                            Ionic Bond       Chemical Bond                            Delocalised
                                                                 Metallic Bond         electrons

                 Metal and                                                          Lattice structure
                 non-metal                   Covalent Bond                            of metal ions

               Formation of                               Non-metal                 Sea of electrons
                  cations                               and non-metal


               Formation of                               Sharing of
                  anions                                  electrons

                Electrostatic                             Van der Waals
              attraction forces                          attraction forces


                       Ionic compounds       Covalent compounds

                       High melting and       Low melting and
                         boiling points         boiling points


                      Normally can dissolve     Normally can
                       in water but cannot    dissolve in organic
                      dissolve in inorganic   solvent but cannot
                            solvent           dissolve in water

                     Can conduct electricity   Cannot conduct
                       in molten state or        electricity
                         aqueous state







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