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Chemical Compounds
Elijah Gonzalez
Term | Definition |
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Chemical Bonding | The combing of atoms to form molecules or ionic compounds. |
Chemical Bond | An electron that is found in the outermost shell of an atom and that determines the atoms chemical properties. |
valance electron | an electron that is found in the outermost shell of an atom and that determines the atoms chemical properties |
ionic bond | a bond that forms when electrons are transferred from one atom to another which results in a positive ion and a negative ion |
ion | a charged particle that forms when an atom or group of atoms gains or loses one or more electrons. |
Covalent bond | a bond formed when atoms shares one or more pairs of electrons |
molecule | the smallest unit of a substance that keeps all of the physical and chemical properties |
metallic bond | a bond formed by attraction between positively charged metal ions and electrons around them |