Something fun I realized from studying chemistry… Well, my finals are over, plus I’m having a month break from teaching, so, it is quite weird for me to even think about chemistry for now… But, the world is like that, human is like that, nobody will satisfy with what he or she currently has… Browsing through facebook, wow, why is everyone saying their holiday is so bored? Sometimes we must really learn to appreciate, it is useless or I should say it is pathetic to regret after an incident just because one failed to appreciate… Ok, I went way too far, should be talking about chemistry…
Right, does anyone ever think before why ionic bonding is stronger than covalent bonding? I mean of course there are some special case where covalent network compound is stronger than certain ionic compound, but let us not go too deep… Since form 4 we learnt than ionic compound has a higher melting point than covalent compound, therefore ionic bond is definitely a stronger bond if comparison were to make… Does it make sense? Can we just accept the scientific explanation for this statement?
For me I don’t see why ionic bond should be stronger, it is not suppose to be in this way… Ionic bond occurs between two atoms where one donates and another receives… While covalent bond, how smart and adorable that those atoms learn to share among each other, equally giving out the electrons that they have and make a bond between each other… Credits should be given to this covalent compound, but why is ionic bond stronger?
Here are two scenarios, scenario 1… There is this couple just started a relationship, the boy is willing to do everything for her… He bought presents for her, he learnt to bake cake for her, he did research on which places to visit with her, he gave her surprises…… In short, he committed 100% in the relationship… She was happy, but she did nothing for him in return… Yet she still has her own sensible reason why she can’t commit for the relationship… Well, the ending should be clear, they broke up cause he is too tired to continue committing for no returns…
Scenario 2… Another couple, they get along together for like almost 5 or 6 years already… It is not an easy task for sure… Friends around see them quarreling for petty stuffs each time, but deep in everyone’s heart, we know that they both are the most loving lovebirds… Sometimes the guy would buy flowers and surprises her by placing it on her bed, and sometimes the girl would call him at random timing just to say how much she loves him even though she knows that this would disturb him… They care about each other in a way, trust each other and share their loves together… Well, ending? Still not ended yet but most probably they will get married…
So I call scenario 1 – THE IONIC RELATIONSHIP… While for scenario 2 – THE COVALENT RELATIONSHIP…
I’ve made my point, do those two scenarios make everything clear? Now who dare to say ionic bond is stronger? Love without justice is just a stupid feeling… Justify your love, if you love someone so much but you know you’ll get nothing back from him or her, I tell you, forget it and don’t waste your time… Save some time in finding your true love… Find for the person, who is “covalent” in nature, who is willing to commit with you… After all a relationship is all about having trust between two parties… Being selfish by just “receiving” or “donating”, exhibiting “ionic” nature, a relationship would never last long…
Above is just my personal view on how chemistry differs from the reality… I never mean to say the science is wrong, so, do not write something wrong in the chemistry paper… I was just crapping after all… Should go back to my holiday mood, not gonna think about chemistry, just gonna think about my sweet holidays…
Enjoy life Mufians!
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