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19 Cards in this Set
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alkanes
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hydrocarbons containing only sing bonds between carbon atoms
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anion
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a negatively charged ion
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bonding pair
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a pair of electrons shared between two atoms
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cation
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a positively charged ion
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chemical formula
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the symbols and subscripts that represent the lowest whole-number ratio of atoms or ions in a compound
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condensed structural formula
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a structural formula that shows the arrangement of the carbon atoms in a molecule but groups each carbon atom with its bonded hydrogen atoms
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covalent bond
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sharing of valence electrons by atoms
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expanded structural formula
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a type of structural formula that shows the arrangement of the atoms by drawing each bond between carbon atoms or between carbon and hydrogen
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hydrocarbons
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organic compounds consisting of only carbon and hydrogen
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ion
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an atom or a group of atoms having an electrical charge because of a loss or gain of electrons
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ionic bond
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the attraction between oppositely charged ions
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ionic charge
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the difference between the number of protons and number of electrons, written in the upper right corner of the symbol for the ion
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ionic compound
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a compound of positive and negative ions held together by ionic bonds
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IUPAC system
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a system for naming organic compounds determined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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Lone Pair
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electrons in a molecule that are not shared in a bond but complete the octet for an element
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molecular compound
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a combination of atoms held together by covalent bonds
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octet rule
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representative elements react with other elements to produce a noble gas configuration with eight valence electrons
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organic compounds
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compounds of carbon that have covalent bonds with properties that include low melting/boiling points, insolubility in water, and flammability
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polyatomic ion,
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a group of covalently bonded atoms that has an overall electrical charge
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