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chem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alloy | mixing metals together but only their good properties |
| Anion | A negative ion that gains electrons one is an element |
| Binary compound | A chemical compound of exactly 2 different elements |
| Cation | A positive on that loses electrons |
| chemical reaction | a processing which reactants form to products |
| coulombic force | the attraction and repulsion of atoms |
| electrolyte | a substance that produces ion when dissovles in water |
| empirical formulas | shows the Simplist ratio of elements tells relative number of atoms |
| endothermic | energy is added to break a bond |
| exothermic | atoms move to lower to lower energy to form a bond |
| formula | shows the types of atoms present in a substance |
| Ion | an atom that gains or loses electrons |
| ionic bond | a type of chemical bonding that occurs when atoms transfer electrons to achieve full outer electron shells |
| lewis dot diagram | a diagram that shows configuration of valence electrons |
| metallic bond | metal atoms shares a sea of dedicated electrons |
| molecular formula | actual number of atoms reveals true compostion |
| octet of electrons | when theres 8 valence electrons in the last shell |
| oxidation number | numbers assigned to atoms to atoms in a compound or ion that shows how many electrons an atom gains or loses |
| polyatomic ion | many ions |
| subscript | shows how many of an element are present in a substance |
| ternary compound | a chemistry compound composed of 3 diff elements |