| Term | Definition |
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| amaglam | a negative ion formed when a halogen atom gains an electron |
| valence electrons | electrons in the highest occupied energy level |
| electron dot structures | a diagram that shows outer shell electrons as dots |
| octet rule | a structural arrangement of metal atoms in which every atom has eight neighbors |
| halide ion | capable of being hammered into shapes |
| cation | positively charged ions |
| anions | negatively charged ions |
| ionic bonds | the electrostatic attraction that binds oppositely charged ions together |
| face centered cubic | a mixture of two or metals |
| coordination number | the number of ions of opposite charge that surround the ion in a crystal |
| metallic bonds | the attraction of free floating valence electrons for positively charged metal ions |
| malleable | a structural arrangement of metal atoms in which every element has twelve neighbors |
| alloy | mixture of copper and zinc |
| brass | an alloy of mercury |
| bronze | a mixture of silver and copper |
| sterling silver | capable of being drawn into a wire |
| ductile | a mixture of copper and zinc |
| body centered cubic | atoms tend to react so as to acquire the stable electron configuration of a noble gas |
| hydrogen bond | a bond in which one atom both bonding electrons to a covalent bond |
| vsepr theory | states that because electron pairs repel, molecules adjust their shapes so that valence electrons pairs are as far apart as possible |
| dipole | a molecule that has two electrically charged regions or poles |
| coordinate covalent bond | a term that collectively refers to dispersion forces and dipole |
| van der waals forces | a relatively strong intermolecular attraction in which a hydrogen that is covalently bonded to a very electronegative atom is also weakly bonded to an unshared pair of electrons of another electronegative atom |
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