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Details Title: Chapter 9 Vocabulary Description: Chemistry Vocabulary Total Flash Cards: 13 Created: 02/08/2005 04:37:18	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term electronegativity Definition the tendency of an atomin a compound to attract lectrons Term polar covalent Definition a kind of bond in which there is unequal sharing of electrons Term covalent bond Definition any bond in which there is electron sharing Term molecule Definition the particle formed when two or more atoms bond covalently Term exothermic Definition reactions that occur when more energy is released forming new bonds than is required to break bonds in the initial reactants Term sigma bond Definition a kind of bond in which electrons are shared in an area centered between the two atoms Term pi bond Definition a kind of bond formed by overlap of parallel orbitals Term oxyacid Definition any acidic compound that contains oxygen Term structural formula Definition a model that shows how the atoms ar earranged in a molecule Term endothermic Definition reactions that occur when more energy is required to break existing bonds in reactants than is released when new nonds form in the product molecule Term resonance Definition a condition that occurs when one or more valid Lewis structure can be drawn for a molecule Term coordinate covalent bond Definition a kind of bond in which one of the atoms provides both electrons for sharing Term VSEPR model Definition a model used to determine molecular shape