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Chemical Bonding
Sec. 13 vocab
| word | Definition |
|---|---|
| chemical bonding | the combining of atoms to form molecules or ionic compounds |
| chemical bond | and interaction that holds ions or atoms together |
| valence electron | an electron that is found in the outermost shell of an atom that determins the atom's chemical properties |
| ionic bond | a bond that forms when electrons are transterred 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 |
| crystal lattice | the reglar pattern in which a crystal is arranged |
| convalent 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 physicaland chemical properties of that substance |
| metalic bond | a bond formed by the attracton between positively charged metal ion and the elecreons around then |