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Chemical Bonding
Vocabulary
| word | Definition |
|---|---|
| valance electron | the electrons in the last shell |
| chemical bond | the force of attraction that holds two atoms together |
| chemical bonding | the joining of atoms to form new substances |
| ion | charged particles that form during chemical changes when one or more valence electrons transfer from one atom to another |
| ionic bonds | the force of attraction between oppositely charged ions |
| covalent bond | the force of attraction between the nuclei of atomd and the electrons shared by the atoms |
| metallic bond | the attraction between a positively charged metal ion and the electrons in a metal |
| molecule | a neutral group of atoms held together by covalent bonds |
| crystal lattice | a repeating three-dimnsional pattern of ions |
| diatomic | two atoms |