Chapter 7 Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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A chemical bond resulting from the sharing of electrons between two bonding atoms
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Covalent bond
2
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A positive ion
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Cation
3
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A negative ion
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Anion
4
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A rule that states that atoms tend to gain, lose, or share electrons so that each atom has a full outermost energy level, which is typically eight electrons
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Octet rule
5
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Ion formed from a single atom
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Monatomic ions
6
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Charged group of covalently bonded atoms
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Polyatomic ions
7
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Chemical formula that gives the simplest whole-number ratio of atoms of elements in a compound
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Empirical formula
8
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A positively changed ion is attracted to a negatively charged ion
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Ionic bond
