Question

Which statement A-D about chemical bonds is not correct? 

a. The attraction of the negatively charged electrons to the positively charged nuclei causes the electrostatic potential energy to decrease as two atoms come together. 

b. The repulsion of the negatively charged electrons with each other and the positively charged nuclei with each other causes the electrostatic potential energy to increase when the two atoms are very close together. 

c. As two atoms come together, the electrostatic potential energy goes through a minimum. The distance between the atoms at which this minimum occurs is called the bond length. 

d. The bond energy is the energy released when two atoms infinitely far apart come together at a distance that minimizes the electrostatic potential energy. 

e. Statements A-D are all correct.

Answer 1