Chemical Bonding

Kossel - Lewis approach, Octet Rule & it's limitations lonic bond & it's properties, Covalent bond & it's properties, Covalent character in ionic compounds- Faian's Rule, Formal Charge

Lattice Energy/Enthalpy, Born Haber Cycle, Consequences of Lattice Energy, Thermal Stability of ionic Solids, Bond Energy and Bond order, Solubility trends, VSEPR Theory, Predicting Bond Angle

Valence Bond Theory (VBT), Hybridization, Deviation from octahedral shape, Dipole Moment, Molecular Orbital Theory, Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO), s-p Mixing,

Topic coverage and problem solving.