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Chapter 8 covers the following topics:

8.1 Types of Chemical Bonds

8.2 Electronegativity

8.3 Bond Polarity and Dipole Moments

8.4 Ions: Electron Configurations and Sizes

• Predicting Formulas of Ionic Compounds
• Sizes of Ions

8.5 Energy Effects in Binary Ionic Compounds

• Lattice Energy Calculations

8.6 Partial Ionic Character of Covalent Bonds

8.7 The Covalent Chemical Bond: A Model

• Models: An Overview

8.8 Covalent Bond Energies and Chemical Reactions

• Bond Energy and Enthalpy

8.9 The Localized Electron Bonding Model

8.10 Lewis Structures

8.11 Exceptions to the Octet Rule

8.12 Resonance

• Odd-Electron Molecules
• Formal Charge

8.13 Molecular Structure: The VSEPR Model

• The VSEPR Model and Multiple Bonds
• Molecules Conaining No Single Central Atom
• The VSEPR Model--How Well Does It Work?