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Details Title: CHEMISTRY Description: Chapter 5 & 6 Total Flash Cards: 23 Created: 12/06/2005 18:21:06	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 octet rule Definition chemical bonding- atoms tend to have either empty valence shells of eight electrons Term ion Definition atom, radical, or molecule that has gained or lost one or more electrons and has a negative or positive charge Term cation Definition positive ion Term anion Definition negative ion Term salt Definition ionic compound that forms when a metala tom or positive radical replace the hydrogen of an acid Term crystal lattice Definition pattern in which a crystal is arranged Term unit cell Definition smallest portion of a crystal lattice that shows the 3D pattern of the entire lattice Term bond length Definition distance between two bonded atoms at minimum potential energy; average distance between nuclei of two bonded atoms Term bond energy Definition energy required to break bonds in 1 mol of a chemical compound Term nonpolar covalent bond Definition covalent bond in which bonding electrons are equally attracted to both bonded atoms Term polar covalent bond Definition covalent bond in which a shared pair of electrons is held more closely by one of the atoms Term dipole Definition molecule or part of a molecule that contains both positive or negative charged regions