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Chemical Bonding
Ch13 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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chemical bonding | joing of atoms to form new substances |
chemical bond | an interaction that holds two atoms together |
valence electron | an electron in the outermost energy level of an atom |
ionic bond | bond that froms when electrons are transfered from one atom to another atom |
ions | charged particles that form when atoms gain or lose electrons |
crystal lattice | the regular pattern in which a crystal is arranged |
covalent bond | a bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons |
molecule | a group of atoms that are held together by chemical forces; a molecule is the smallest unit of matter that can exist by itself and retain all of a substance's chemical properties |
metallic bond | a bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons around them |