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Chemical Bonds
Ch.13-Chemical Bonding
Question | Answer |
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Chemical Bonding | Joining 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 | A bond that forms when electrons are transferred from one atom to another atom |
Ions | Charged particles that form when atoms lose or gain energy |
Crystal lattice | The regular pattern in which a crystal is arranged |
Covalent bond | A bond that forms when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons |
Molecule | The smallest unit of of a substance that keeps all of the chemical properties of that substance |
Metallic bond | A bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons in the metal |