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Chapter 6 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Chemical Bond | a mutual electrical attraction between the nuclei and valence electrons of different atoms that bind atoms together |
Covalent Bonding | results from sharing of electron pairs between two atoms |
Ionic Bonding | chemical bonding that results from the electrical attraction between large number of cations and anions |
Non-polar Covalent Bond | a covalent bond in which the bonding electrons are shared equally by the bonded atoms, resulting in a balanced distribution of electrical charge |
Polar | uneven distribution of charge |
Polar-Covalent Bond | a covalent bond in which the bonded atoms have an unequal attractions for the shared electrons |
Bond Energy | the energy required to break a chemical bond and form neutral isolated atoms |
Bond Length | the distance between two bonded atoms at their minimum potential energy, that is, the average distance between two bonded atoms |
Chemical Formula | indicates the relative numbers of atoms of each kind in a chemical compound by using atomic symbols and numerical subscripts |
Diatomic Model | a molecule containing only tow atoms |
Double Bond | a covalent bond produced by the sharing of two pairs of electrons between two atoms |
Electron-Dot Notation | an electron configuration notation in which only the valence electrons of an atom of a particular element are shown, indicated by dots placed around the system's element |
Lewis Structure | formulas in which atomic symbols represent nuclei and inner-shell electrons, dot-pairs or dashes between two atomic symbols represent electron pairs in covalent bonds, and dots adjacent to only one atomic symbol represent unshared electrons |
Lone Pair(Unshared Pair) | a pair of electrons that is not involved in bonding and that belongs exclusively to one atom |
Molecular Compound | a chemical compound whose simplest units are molecules |
Molecular Formula | shows the types and numbers of atoms combined in a single molecule of molecular compound |
Molecule | a neutral group of atoms that are held together by covalent bonds |
Multiple bond | double and triple bonds |
Octet rule | chemical compounds tend to form so that each atom, by gaining, losing, or sharing electrons, has an octet of electrons in its highest occupied energy level |
Resonance | refers to bonding molecules or ions that cannot be correctly represented by a single Lewis Structure |
Single Bond | a covalent bond produced by the sharing of one pair of electrons between two atoms |
Structural Formula | indicates the kind, number, arrangement, and bonds but not the unshared pairs of atoms in a molecule |
Triple Bond | a covalent bond produced by the sharing of three pairs of electrons between two atoms |
Formula Unit | the simplest collection of atoms where an ionic compound's formula can be established |
Ionic Compound | composed of positive and negative ions that are combined so that the numbers of negative and positive charges are equal |
Lattice Energy | the energy released when one mole of an ionic crystalline compound is formed from gaseous ions |
Polyatomic Ion | a charged group of covalently bonded atoms |