bonding
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cynitajones on March 16, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 chemical bond | the attractive force that holds atoms or ions together |
| covalent bonding | results from the sharing of electron pairs between two atoms |
| ionic bonding | chemical bonding that results from the electrical attraction between large numbers of cations and anions |
| nonpolar covalent bonding | occurs when electrons are shared equally between atoms |
| polar covalent bond | a covalent bond in which electrons are not shared equally |
| bond energy | the energy required to break the bond between two covalently bonded atoms |
| chemical formula | a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements |
| double bond | a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms |
| electron dot notation | an electron-configuration notation in which only the valence electrons of an atom of a particular element are shown, indicated by dots placed around the element's symbol |
| molecular compound | a chemical compound whose simplest units are molecules |
| molecular formula | shows the types and numbers of atoms combined in a single molecule of a molecular compound |
| molecule | two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds |
| multiple bond | a double or triple bond |
| octet rule | States that atoms lose, gain or share electrons in order to acquire a full set of eight valence electrons |
| single bond | a bond formed when two atoms share a pair of electrons |
| triple bond | a bond formed by sharing three pairs of electrons |
| ionic compound | a compound composed of ions bound together by electrostatic attraction |
| lattice energy | the energy released when ions form a solid cyrstal |
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