IB skill practice

Explain covalent bonding and Lewis structures

Syllabus-aligned Chemistry skill. Draft skills remain inactive until production seed coverage is added.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Lone pairs from valence electrons

A central atom in a food packaging investigation has \(5\) valence electrons and uses \(3\) electrons in single bonds. Calculate the number of lone pairs left on the central atom. Enter the answer and choose the interpretation that matches the chemistry.

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