Bond energy and bond length Flashcards

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what is a lone pair

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paired valence electrons that do not become involved in the chemical bonding between two atoms.

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what is a bonding pair

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a pair of electrons that are formed when a chemical bond is formed.

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what is a bond length

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the distance between the nuclei of two atoms when they bond.

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what is the bond energy

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the amount of energy that must be added to a system to break the bond that has formed or, the energy that is released when a bond is formed.

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what is the bond strength

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how strongly one atom attracts and is held to another atom.

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6
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what is potential energy

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how strongly one atom attracts and is held to another atom.

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how do we know if there is a strong bond

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The more energy released in forming a bond means that there is astronger bond

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what determines the bond strength

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Bond strengthdepends on thelength of the bond, thesize of the atoms,and thenumber of bondsbetween the two atoms.

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