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alloy: a mixture of metals
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Bohr model: model of the atom in which electrons move rapidly around the nucleus in paths called orbits
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Chemical bond: the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together
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covalent bonding: results from the sharing of electron pairs between two atoms
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criss-cross method: A strategy for writing formulas of ionic compounds in which the charge of one ion becomes the subscript of the other; the result is a ratio of ions that produces a zero net charge for the ionic compound as a whole
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electron dot diagram: a model of an atom in which each dot represents a valence electron (also called "Lewis dot diagram"
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ionic bonding: chemical bonding that results from the electrical attraction between large numbers of cations and anions
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metallic bonding: the chemical bonding that results from the attraction between metal atoms and the surrounding sea of electrons
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nonpolar bonds: bonds in which electrons are shared equally between two atoms of the same element in a compound.
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octet rule: States that atoms lose, gain or share electrons in order to acquire a full set of eight valence electrons
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oxidation numbers: Shows how many electrons can be shared, lost or gained to become stable
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polar bonds: bonds in which electrons are not shared equally between atoms of different elements in a compound.
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polyatomic ion: a charged group of covalently bonded atoms
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valence electrons: electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom