Differences Between Salts And Molecules

Salts and molecules have similar characteristics, and many differences whether we can tell by first looks or not. Testing these two only supports the differences, and many structural functions cause these differences. Since salts are ionically bonded, they have different properties and functions compared to the covalent bonded molecules. Salts have a ionic bond, and we can confirm due to their electronegativity. As you move from left to right on the periodic table you would notice that electronegativity increases. This is because of the pull the protons have while they try to keep their valence electrons close to themselves. As you go down the periodic table, it decreases because of the shielding, or more energy levels. The more shielding makes the protons have to work that much harder to keep all their electrons with them. The difference in electronegatives plays a big role with bonding because electronegativity is the force of the pull from protons. A metal has less protons, and the same shielding as a nonmetal. The proton difference allows the nonmetal to have a stronger pull so they can become stable by stealing however many electrons they need to stay. On the other hand molecules have covalent bonds, whether it be a polar covalent bond or a non polar covalent bond. A molecule is when two nonmetals will bond together, but it is different between these elements. Nonmetals all want to gain valence …show more content…
The salts and molecules both shared characteristics of white, small crystal like, and all of them had pretty small structures. Although they had physical similarities, we knew that these were different in some type of way. Although our basic observation may be that they would have similar results in most of these tests, there was some distinct differences in the way they are bonded. These bonds although not visible but the naked eye, give us results that we can see throughout the naked