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CH 13 vocab
chemical bonding
Question | Answer |
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Chemical bond | an interaction that holds atoms or ions together |
valence electron | an electron that is found in the ouermost shell of an atom and that dertermines the atom's chemical properties |
chemical bonding | the combining of atoms to form molecules or ionic compounds |
ionic bond | a bond that forms when electorns are trnsfered from one atom to another, which reslts in a positive ion and a negitive ion |
ion | a charged particle that forms when an atom o group of atoms gains or loses one or more electrons |
crystal lattice | the regular pattern in which a crystal is arranged |
molecule | the smallest unit of a substance that keeps all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance |
covalent bond | a bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons |
metallic bond | a bond formed by the attraction between positivley charged metal ions and the electrons around them |