Chemical Bonding Vocabulary

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Chemical Bonds

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an attractive force holding atoms together

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Ionic Bonds

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bonds involving the transfer of electrons between metals and nonmetals

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Covalent Bonds

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bonds involving the sharing of electrons between nonmetals

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Metallic Bonds

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bonds involving freely moving electrons (sea of electrons) between metal "ions"

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Polyatomic Ions

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ions containing more than one nonmetal covalently bonded to one another

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Crystal Lattice

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a repeating 3D pattern of cations and anions

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Octet Rule

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states that atoms are most stable when they hold eight electrons in their outermost shell

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Single Bond

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a covalent bond in which one pair of electrons is shared between two atoms

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Double Bond

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a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms

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Triple Bond

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a covalent bond in which three pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms