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chemistry ch6
Question | Answer |
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when atoms bond, they lose_________ | energy |
when atoms bond, they gain ________ | stability |
why do atom bond? | to gain stability and lose energy |
an atom becomes more stable by bonding with another atom if the reulting electron configuration is more like that of what group of elements? | noble gases |
chemical bonds between atoms involve the rearrangement of ___________ to maximize stability. | electrons |
what type of bonds would you exppect in a chemical compound of oxygen and sodium? | ionic bond |
a bond that forms between two or more atoms that have high electon affinities is mst likely a(n) _______ bond | covalent |
the measure of an atom's ability to attract electrons to itself in a chemical bond is called _______. | electronegativity |
the polarity of a bond depends on the difference in the atoms' _________ | electronegativities |
which of the following is a nonpolar covalent compound? | diatomic (compound with the ame product, Br2) |
an extreme polar bond is a ____ bond | ionic |
which do we call the attraction between opposite electrical charges? | electrostatic force |
a dash in a lewis structure represents _____ electrons | 2 |
the central atom in a lewis structre is usually the atom | whith the most unpaired electrons |
if the atoms below formed a covalent compound, which is most likely to be the central atom? | carbon |
although they are made of two or more atoms, _________ often act as single charged particles in chemical reactions and solutions | polyatomic ions |
covalent compound | hard and brittle, high melting points, glassy lusters, unusul elctrical properties |
ionic compound | strong bounds, and therefore high melting point, dense, brittle, hard solids, good elctron conductors if dissolved or molten |
covalent molecules are formed by | nonmetals |
ionic molecules are formed by | metal, and nonmetals |
metalic molecules are formed by | metals |
the ratio of cations to anions in an ionic compound is expressed in a chemical formular known as a(n) _______ unit. | formular |
what is an orderly arrangement of ions in a three-dimensional pattern within a compound is called a(n) | crystal lattice |
the main factor influencing the arrangement of ions in a crystal lattice is | charge |
a mixture of atoms from multiple metals which has metallic properties is called a(n) | network |