Interpretation: The difference between a network solid and other covalent compounds needs to be explained.
Concept Introduction: A covalent bond is formed by sharing of electron pairs between two atoms.
Explanation of Solution
In a network solid, atoms are bonded together via covalent bonds in a continuous network throughout the molecule. There are no individual molecules in a network solid. On the other hand, in covalent compounds, atoms are bonded together by sharing electron pairs. Here, the number of electron pairs shared decides the type of bond between two atoms that is either the bond is a single, double, or triple bond.
Other covalent compounds are individual molecules; thus, they are different from a network solid.
Chapter 8 Solutions
Chemistry 2012 Student Edition (hard Cover) Grade 11
- ChemistryChemistryISBN:9781305957404Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCostePublisher:Cengage LearningChemistryChemistryISBN:9781259911156Author:Raymond Chang Dr., Jason Overby ProfessorPublisher:McGraw-Hill EducationPrinciples of Instrumental AnalysisChemistryISBN:9781305577213Author:Douglas A. Skoog, F. James Holler, Stanley R. CrouchPublisher:Cengage Learning
- Organic ChemistryChemistryISBN:9780078021558Author:Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.Publisher:McGraw-Hill EducationChemistry: Principles and ReactionsChemistryISBN:9781305079373Author:William L. Masterton, Cecile N. HurleyPublisher:Cengage LearningElementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Bind...ChemistryISBN:9781118431221Author:Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, Lisa G. BullardPublisher:WILEY