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DCE Chemistry Unit 4.1 Vocabulary

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ion   an atom or group of atoms that has a positive or negative charge  
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cation   an atom or group of atoms that has a positive charge due to loss of one or more electrons  
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anion   an atom or group of atoms that has a negative charge due to gain of one or more electrons  
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polyatomic ion   a group of atoms that are covalently bonded together and act as one unit; the unit has a charge due to the imbalance of protons and electrons  
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ionic bond   a chemical bond in which electrons are transferred from one atom to another causing an electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions  
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covalent bond   a chemical bond in which electrons are shared between atoms  
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metallic bond   a chemical bond in which the electrons flow from atom to atom  
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single covalent bond   a chemical bond in which one pair of electrons are shared  
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double covalent bond   a chemical bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared  
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triple covalent bond   a chemical bond in which three pairs of electrons are shared  
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Lewis electron dot structure   a way of showing atoms and their valence electrons  
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alkane   compound containing carbon and hydrogen with all single bonds  
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isomers   chemical compounds that have the same formula but different structures  
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functional group   the part of an organic molecule that determines its type  
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organic compound   carbon compounds (other than carbonates, carbon oxides) which exist in a variety of forms  
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