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A chemical bond in which two atoms share electrons that interact with the nuclei with the nuclei of both atoms, lowering the potential energy of each through electrostatic interactions?
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Covalent Bond
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The tendency of most bonded atoms to possess or have eight electron in their outer shell to obtain stable electron configurations and lower their potential energy?
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Octet Rule
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The charge that an tom in a Lewis structure would have if all the bonding electrons were shared equally between the bonded atoms?
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Formal Charge
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Two or more valid Lewis structures that are shown with double- headed arrows between the, them to indicate that the actual structure of the molecule is intermediate between them?
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Resonance Structures
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The ability of an atom to attract electrons to itself in a covalent bond?
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Electronegativity
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