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| the electrons in the highest occupied energy level of an element |
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| in forming compounds, atoms tend to achieve the electron configuration of a noble gas |
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diagrams that show valence electrons as dots
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| compounds composed of cations and anions |
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| the electrostatic forces that holds ions together in ionic compounds |
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| shows the kinda and numbers if atoms in the smallest representative unit of a substance |
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| the lowest whole-number ratio of the ions in an ionic compound |
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| consist of the attraction of the free floating valence electrons for the positively charged metal ions |
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| the atoms held together by sharing electrons are joined |
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| a compound composed of molecules |
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| two atoms held together by sharing a pair of electrons |
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| properties of ionic compounds |
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1. high boiling points
2. mostly in crystalline solids
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