6.1 Ionic Bonding
6.2 Covalent Bonding
6.3 Naming Compounds and Writing Formulas
6.4 The Structure of Metals
What Can the Shape of a Material Tell You About the Material?
Procedure
Use a wood splint or small lab spatula to place a small sample of table salt on a sheet of black construction paper.
Use a hand lens to examine the sample. On a separate sheet of paper, sketch the shapes of some pieces in the sample.
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 with each of the compounds your teacher provides.
Think About It
Observing Compare the shapes of the pieces in the different compounds.
Predicting Could any differences you observed be used to identify a compound? Explain your answer.
Formulating Hypotheses What could be happening at the atomic level in compounds to produce the different shapes you observed?