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And the world. Hello, you're listening to The Science of Everything podcast, episode 15, chemical bonding.

Today I'm going to talk about chemical bonding, which is the study of how atoms bind together

to form different chemical substances and molecules and so on. First, I'll start off with an

introduction to some of the basic concepts that you need to understand, including

electronegativity and the octet rule. And to understand, including electro-negativity and the

octet rule. And after that, I'll proceed to have a look at the three major types of chemical bonding,

ionic bonds, covalent bonds, and metallic bonds. Then I'll also talk about polar bonds versus non-polar

bonds and how all that works. And I'll conclude with some interesting applications of bonding theory to understanding how different materials have different properties and why that is the case.

So let's get into it and I'll start off with having look at some of the basic concepts of what is chemical bonding and how does it work.

A chemical bond is simply an attraction between two atoms that allows the formation

of chemical substances that contain two or more atoms. The bond is caused by the electromagnetic

force of attraction between oppositely charged particles, specifically the protons in the atomic

nucleus and the electrons surrounding the nucleus.

And if you're not familiar with the basics of atomic physics, I'd advise you to listen to

episode 8 about the atom and possibly episode 14 about quantum mechanics that'll help you understand,

have a bit of a background for this podcast.

Okay, so the fundamental cause of chemical bonds,

of why atoms combined together to form different molecules, is that electrons tend to move

into lower or more favorable energy states. As you recall, electrons sit in different energy states,

or orbitals or shells, they're also called, about whatever

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