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comounds composed of cations and ions
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ionic compounds
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the attraction of free-floating valence electrons for postively charged metal ions.
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metallic bonds
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the lowest whole-number ratio of ions in an ionic compound
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formula unit
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the electrostatic attraction that binds oppisitely charged ions together
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ionic bonds
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the # of ions of opposite charge that surround the ion in a crystal.
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coordination number
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neg charged ions
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anions
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shows the kinds and numbers of atoms in the smallest rep unit of a substance
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chemical formula
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a diagram to show valence electrons as dots
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electron dot structure
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a neg ion formed when a halogen atom gains an electron
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halide ion
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in forming compunds, atoms tend to react so as to acquire the stable electron configuration of a noble gas
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octet rule
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electrons in the highest occupied energy level of an element's atoms
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valence electrons
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mixture of 2 or more elements, at least one of which is a metal
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alloy
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positively charged ions
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cations
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total energy equired to break the bond between2 covalently bonded atoms
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bond dissociation energy
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molecular orbit whose energy is lower than that of the atomic orbitals from which it is formed
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bonding molecular orbit
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molecular orbital that lies along the axis connecting 2 aomic nuclei/tightly bound group of atoms that acts as a unit
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polyatomic ion
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process in which several atomic orbitals mix to form the same # of equivalent hybrid orbitals.
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hybridization
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equal but opposite charges seperated by a short distance
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dipole
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hydrogen that is already bonded is attracted to another pair of electrons
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hydrogen bonding
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bonded atoms are as far apart as possibl specific angles for each element
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vsespr theory
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