This article can be used to aid revision of a number of key A-level topics, including dot-cross diagrams for covalent bonds, electron configuration, bond polarity and dipoles, coordinate (dative) bonding, and the greenhouse effect.
You will probably have come across both carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in your chemistry studies, as they appear in A-level specifications in a variety of contexts e.g. structure and bonding, combustion, molecular shape, catalysis, global warming, hydrogen and methanol production. They have very different properties — take a moment to try and list the properties of each.
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