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Unit 3: Bonding
Term | Definition |
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Electron configuration | The arrangement of electrons in a atom |
Covalent bond | a bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons |
ionic bond | a force that attracts electrons from one atom to another, which transforms a neutral atom into an ion |
ion | an atom,radical, or molecule that has gained or lost one or more electrons and has a negative or positive charge |
Lewis dot structure(electron-dot notation) | a structural formula in which electrons are represented by dots; dot pairs or dashes between two atomic symbols represent pairs in covalent bonds |
Octet rule | an atom will be most stable when surrounded by 8 electrons in the valence shell (outermost energy level) |
metallic bond | a bond formed bu the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons around them |
conductivity | Material that is able to conduct electricity |
polar | describes a molecule in which the positive and negative charges are separated |
nonpolar | a covalent bond in which the bonding electrons are equally attracted to both bonded atoms |
bent | It has 2 atoms bonded to the central atom and 1 lone pair of electrons |
tetrahedral | it has 4 atoms bonded to the central atom and 0 lone pair of electrons |
trigonal planar | It has 3 atoms bonded to the central atom and 1 lone pair of electrons |
linear | It has 2 atoms bonded to the central atom and 0 lone pair of electrons |
valence electrons | an electron that is found in the outermost shell of an atom and that determines the atom's chemical properties |
formula unit | the simplest collection of atoms from which an ionic compound's formula can be written |
polyatomic ion | an ion made of two or more atoms |
VSEPR theory | a theory that predicts some molecular shapes based on the idea that pairs of valance electrons surrounding an atom repel each other |