Chemical Bonds Vocab

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Substance with atoms of multiple elements in fixed proportion

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Compound

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Substance with identical atoms

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Element

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Chemical shorthand using symbols for elements and their ratios in a compound

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Chemical Formula

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Force holding atoms in a compound

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Chemical Bond

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Charged particle with unequal electrons and protons

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Ion

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Neutral particle formed by electron sharing

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Molecule

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Molecule that shares electrons equally and has no charged ends

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Nonpolar Molecule

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Neutral molecule with unequal electron sharing, having a slight positive and negative end.

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Polar Molecule

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Covalent bond with unequal electron sharing, creating slight positive and negative ends.

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Polar Bond

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Covalent bond with equal electron sharing

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Nonpolar Bond