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Chemical Bonding
Vocabulary
word | Definition |
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valance electron | the electrons in the last shell |
chemical bond | the force of attraction that holds two atoms together |
chemical bonding | the joining of atoms to form new substances |
ion | charged particles that form during chemical changes when one or more valence electrons transfer from one atom to another |
ionic bonds | the force of attraction between oppositely charged ions |
covalent bond | the force of attraction between the nuclei of atomd and the electrons shared by the atoms |
metallic bond | the attraction between a positively charged metal ion and the electrons in a metal |
molecule | a neutral group of atoms held together by covalent bonds |
crystal lattice | a repeating three-dimnsional pattern of ions |
diatomic | two atoms |