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unit 5
chemical bonds
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Chemistry
12th Grade
12/15/2008

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Chemical Bond:

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The force that holds two atoms together

 

 

 

 

 

                             CAYETANO

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The difference between an ionic and a covalent bond is that the covalent is stronger
Definition
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Chemical bonds form attractions between a positive nucleus and netative electrons or between a positive and negative ion-cayetano

Definition
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Ionization Evergy:
Definition
How easily an atom loses an electron-cayetano
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Louis Dot Structure:
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[image]selenium-cayetano
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Compounds:
Definition

A chemical combination of two or more different elements in a fixed ratio; atoms combine when the compound formed is more stable than the seperate atoms -cayetano

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Polar Covalent Bonds:
Definition
Electrons are unequally shared. No symmetrical-cayetano
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Oxidation Number:

Definition

Used for bonding -cayetano

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Dissociate:

Definition
Breaks into ions-cayetano
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Octet Rule:

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An outer shell of eight valence electrons is most desirable/stable -cayetano
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Ionic Compounds:
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Attraction between ions or cation and ions or anion-cayetano
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Polyatomic Ions:
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charged group of covalently bonded atoms-cayetano
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