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| axial position | location in a trigonal bipyramidal geometry in which there is another atom at a 180° angle and the equatorial positions are at a 90° angle
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| bond angle | angle between any two covalent bonds that share a common atom
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| bond dipole moment | separation of charge in a bond that depends on the difference in electronegativity and the bond distance represented by partial charges or a vector
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| bond distance | (also, bond length) distance between the nuclei of two bonded atoms
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| bond energy | (also, bond dissociation energy) energy required to break a covalent bond in a gaseous substance
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| bond length | distance between the nuclei of two bonded atoms at which the lowest potential energy is achieved
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| Born-Haber cycle | thermochemical cycle relating the various energetic steps involved in the formation of an ionic solid from the relevant elements
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| covalent bond | bond formed when electrons are shared between atoms
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| dipole moment | property of a molecule that describes the separation of charge determined by the sum of the individual bond moments based on the molecular structure
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| double bond | covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms
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| electron-pair geometry | arrangement around a central atom of all regions of electron density (bonds, lone pairs, or unpaired electrons)
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| electronegativity | tendency of an atom to attract electrons in a bond to itself
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| equatorial position | one of the three positions in a trigonal bipyramidal geometry with 120° angles between them; the axial positions are located at a 90° angle
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| formal charge | charge that would result on an atom by taking the number of valence electrons on the neutral atom and subtracting the nonbonding electrons and the number of bonds (one-half of the bonding electrons)
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| free radical | molecule that contains an odd number of electrons
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| hypervalent molecule | molecule containing at least one main group element that has more than eight electrons in its valence shell
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| inert pair effect | tendency of heavy atoms to form ions in which their valence s electrons are not lost
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| ionic bond | strong electrostatic force of attraction between cations and anions in an ionic compound
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| lattice energy (ΔHlattice) | energy required to separate one mole of an ionic solid into its component gaseous ions
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| Lewis structure | diagram showing lone pairs and bonding pairs of electrons in a molecule or an ion
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| Lewis symbol | symbol for an element or monatomic ion that uses a dot to represent each valence electron in the element or ion linear shape in which two outside groups are placed on opposite sides of a central atom
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| lone pair | two (a pair of) valence electrons that are not used to form a covalent bond
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| molecular structure | arrangement of atoms in a molecule or ion
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| molecular structure | structure that includes only the placement of the atoms in the molecule
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| octahedral | shape in which six outside groups are placed around a central atom such that a three-dimensional shape is generated with four groups forming a square and the other two forming the apex of two pyramids, one above and one below the square plane
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| octet rule | guideline that states main group atoms will form structures in which eight valence electrons interact with each nucleus, counting bonding electrons as interacting with both atoms connected by the bond
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| polar covalent bond | covalent bond between atoms of different electronegativities; a covalent bond with a positive end and a negative end
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| polar molecule | (also, dipole) molecule with an overall dipole moment
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| pure covalent bond | (also, nonpolar covalent bond) covalent bond between atoms of identical electronegativities
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| resonance | situation in which one Lewis structure is insufficient to describe the bonding in a molecule and the average of multiple structures is observed
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| resonance forms | two or more Lewis structures that have the same arrangement of atoms but different arrangements of electrons
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| resonance hybrid | average of the resonance forms shown by the individual Lewis structures
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| single bond | bond in which a single pair of electrons is shared between two atoms
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| tetrahedral | shape in which four outside groups are placed around a central atom such that a three-dimensional shape is generated with four corners and 109.5° angles between each pair and the central atom
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| trigonal planar | shape in which three outside groups are placed in a flat triangle around a central atom with 120° angles between each pair and the central atom
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| triple bond | bond in which three pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms
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| valence shell electron-pair repulsion theory (VSEPR) | theory used to predict the bond angles in a molecule based on positioning regions of high electron density as far apart as possible to minimize electrostatic repulsion
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| vector | quantity having magnitude and direction
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