Term | Definition a mutual electrical attraction between the nuclei and valence electrons of different atoms that binds the atoms together | |
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Term | Definition the chemical bond resulting from electrical attraction between large numbers of cations and anions | |
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Term | Definition a chemical bond resulting from the sharing of an electron pair between two atoms | |
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Term | Definition a covalent bond in which the bonding electrons are shared equally by the bonded atoms, resulting in a balance of electrical charge | |
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Term | Definition having an uneven distribution of charge | |
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Term | Definition a covalent bond in which the bonded atoms have an unequal attraction for the shared electrons | |
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Term | Definition a neutral group of atoms that are held together by covalent bonds | |
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Term | Definition a chemical compound whose simplest units are molecules | |
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Term | Definition a formula that indicates the relative numbers of atoms of each kind in a chemical compund by using atomic symbols and numerical subscripts | |
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Term | Definition a formula showing the types and numbers of atoms combined in a single molecule of a molecular compound | |
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Term | Definition a molecule containing only two atoms | |
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Term | Definition the distance between two bonded atoms at their minimum potential energy, that is, the average distance between two bonded atoms | |
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Term | Definition the energy required to break a chemical bond and form neutral isolated atoms | |
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Term | Definition chemical compounds tend to form so that each atom, by gaining, losing, or sharing electrons, has an octet of electrons in its highest occupied energy level | |
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Term | Definition 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 | |
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Term | Definition a pair of electrons that is not involved in bonding and that belongs exclusively to one atom | |
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Term | Definition a pair of electrons that is not involved in bonding and that belongs exclusively to one atom | |
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Term | Definition a formula in which atomic symbols represent nuclei and inner-shell electrons, dot-pairs or dashes between two atomic symbols represent electron pairs in covalent bonds, and dots adjacent to only one atomic symbol represent unshared electrons | |
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Term | Definition a formula that indicates the kind, number, arrangement, and bonds but not the unshared electron pairs of the atoms in a molecule | |
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Term | Definition a covalent bond produced by the sharing of one pair of electrons between two atoms | |
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Term | Definition a covalent bond produced by the sharing of two pairs of electrons between two atoms | |
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Term | Definition a covalent bond produced by the sharing of three pairs of electrons between two atoms | |
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Term | Definition the bonding in molecules or ions that cannot be correctly represented by a single Lewis structure | |
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Term | Definition a compound composed of positive and negative ions that are combined so that the numbers of positive and negative charges are equal | |
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Term | Definition the simplest collection of atoms from which an ionic compound's formula can be established | |
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Term | Definition the energy released when one mole of an ionic crystalline compound is formed from gaseous ions | |
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Term | Definition a charged group of covalently bonded atoms | |
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Term | Definition chemical bonding that results from the attraction between metal atoms and the surrounding sea of electrons | |
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Term | Definition the ability of a substance to be hammered or beaten into thin sheets | |
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Term | Definition the ability of a substance to be drawn, pulled, or extruded through a small opening to produce a wire | |
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Term | Definition the uneven distribution of molecular charge | |
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Term | Definition repulsion between the sets of valence-level electrons surrounding an atom causes these sets to oriented as far apart as possible | |
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Term | Definition the mixing of two or more atomic oribitals of similar energies on the same atom to produce new orbitals of equal energies | |
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Term | Definition orbitals of equal energy produced by the combination of two or more orbitals on the same atom | |
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Term | Definition the force of attraction between molecules | |
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Term | Definition equal but opposite charges that are separated by a short distance | |
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Term | Definition a force of attraction between polar molecules | |
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Term | Definition the intermolecular force in which a hydrogen atom that is bonded to a highly electronegative atom is attracted to an unshared pair of electrons of an electronegative atom in a nearby molecule | |
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Term | Definition an intermolecular attraction resulting from the constant motion of electrons and the creation of instantaneous dipoles | |
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