Chemistry Chapter 8
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kfpugs829 on October 7, 2010
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chemistry, chemistry vocabulary, trimester 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Chemical Bond | the force that holds two atoms together |
| Anion | this is another name for a negative ion |
| Ionic Bond | the electrostatic force that holds oppositely charged particles together in an ionic compound |
| Electrolyte | an ionic compound whose aqueous solution conducts an electric current |
| Lattice Energy | this is the energy used to separate one mole of the ions of an ionic compound |
| Formula Unit | the simplest ration of the ions represented in an ionic compound |
| Monatomic ion | this is a one atom ion |
| Oxidation Number | this is the charge of a monatomic ion |
| Polyatomic Ions | these are ions made up of more than one atom |
| Oxyanion | this is a polyatomic ion composed of an element, usually nonmetal, bonded to one or more oxygen atoms |
| Electron Sea Model | this proposes that all the metals atoms in a metallic solid contribute their valence electrons to form a sea of electrons; |
| Delocalized Electrons | the electrons present in the outer energy levels of the bonding metallic atoms are not held by any specific atom and can move easily from one atom to the next |
| Metallic Bonds | the attraction of a metallic cation for delocalized electrons |
| Alloy | this is a mixture of elements that have metallic properties |
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