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Chemical Compounds
Jalen Turney
Term | Definition |
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Chemical Bonding | the combing of atoms to form molecules or ionic compounds |
Chemical bonds | an interaction that holds atoms or ions together |
Valance electron | an electron that is found in the outermost shell of an atom and that determines the atoms chemical properties |
Ionic bond | a bond that forms when electrons are transferred from one atom to another which results in a positive ion and a negative ion |
Ion | a charged particle that forms when an atom or group of atoms gains or loses one or more electrons |
Covalent bond | a bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons |
molecule | the smallest unit of a substance that keeps all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance |
metallic bond | a bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons around them |