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Intermolecular Forces in Covalent Compounds

This document describes an activity where students complete a table with information about substances including their formula, melting point, intramolecular forces, intermolecular forces, and Lewis dot structures. They then arrange the substances in order based on these characteristics. It asks students to compare ionic and covalent compounds in terms of structure and melting point. It also asks students to analyze how intermolecular forces like London dispersion affect the melting points of methane, benzene, and naphthalene as well as methane, carbon tetrachloride, and silicon tetrabromide.

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Intermolecular Forces in Covalent Compounds

This document describes an activity where students complete a table with information about substances including their formula, melting point, intramolecular forces, intermolecular forces, and Lewis dot structures. They then arrange the substances in order based on these characteristics. It asks students to compare ionic and covalent compounds in terms of structure and melting point. It also asks students to analyze how intermolecular forces like London dispersion affect the melting points of methane, benzene, and naphthalene as well as methane, carbon tetrachloride, and silicon tetrabromide.

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Intermolecular and Intramolecular Forces- Card Sort Activity

Complete the following table individually. Then in each group cut out one table and place the
substances into a reasonable order.
Substance

Formula

Melting
Point
(C)

Sodium
Chloride

NaCl

800

Methane

CH4

-183

Hydrochloric
Acid

HCl

-144

Potassium
Iodide

KI

681

Water

H2O

Magnesium
Fluoride

MgF2

1,248

Ammonia

NH3

-33

Intramolecular Force

Intermolecular Force

(ionic or covalent)

(Ionic, London Dispersion,


Dipole-Dipole or Hydrogen
Bonding)

Lewis Dot Structure

Intermolecular and Intramolecular Forces- Card Sort Activity


Sulfur
Dioxide

SO2

-72

Compare the covalent compounds with the ionic compounds and make a generalization about the
structure and the melting point?

Compare the characteristics of methane, benzene and naphthalene below. What factor seems to be
responsible for the differences in melting? How would they fit in with the order of your table?

Substance

Methane

Formula

CH4

Melting
Point
(C)

Intramolecular Force

Intermolecular Force

(ionic or covalent)

(Ionic, London Dispersion,


Dipole-Dipole or Hydrogen
Bonding)

-183

Covalent

London Dispersion

Lewis Dot Structure

Intermolecular and Intramolecular Forces- Card Sort Activity


Benzene

C6H6

Covalent

London Dispersion

Naphthalene

C10H10

80

Covalent

London Dispersion

Compare the covalent compounds with the ionic compounds and make a generalization about the
structure and the melting point?

Compare the characteristics of methane, carbon tetrachloride, and silicon tetrabromide below. What
factor seems to be responsible for the differences in melting? How would they fit in with the order of
your table?

Substance

Formula

Melting
Point
(C)

Intramolecular
Force
(ionic or covalent)

Intermolecular Force
(Ionic, London Dispersion,
Dipole-Dipole or Hydrogen
Bonding)

Lewis Dot Structure

Intermolecular and Intramolecular Forces- Card Sort Activity


Methane

CH4

-183

Covalent

London Dispersion

Carbon
Tetrachloride

CCl4

-23

Covalent

London Dispersion

Covalent

London Dispersion

Silicon
Tetrabromide

SiBr4

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