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Mr. Scanlan Compound
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chemical bond | The attractive force that holds atoms or ions together |
| Chemical structure | The arrangement of atoms in a substance |
| Bond length | The average distance between the nuclei of two bonded atoms |
| Bond angle | The angle formed by two bonds to the same atom |
| Space-filling model | A model that shows the space occupied by atoms |
| Which has the strngest atomic attraction, solid, liquid or gas | Solid |
| Ball and stick model | These models give you an idea of bond length and bond angle |
| Ionic bond | A bond formed by the attraction between oppositely charged ions |
| Covalent bond | A bond formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons |
| Metallic bond | A bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the elctrons around them |
| Polyatomic ion | An ion made of two or more atoms |
| Cation | A positively charged ion |
| Anion | A negatively charged ion |
| Empirical formula | The composition of a compound in terms of its number and types of atoms in the simplest ratio |
| Molecular formula | A formula that shows the number and kinds of atoms in a molecule, but not their arrangement |
| Atoms bond in order to acheive a... | Full valence shell |
| Chemical bonds act most like | Flexible springs |
| Mono | One |
| Di | Two |
| Tri | Three |
| Tetra | Four |