PSH: Unit 3 Vocabulary

The size of the charge on an ion.       

• Valency

• Stability

• Period

• Metalloid

Having a complete valence shell       

• Stability

• Valency

• Nonmetal

• Metal

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The horizontal rows in the periodic table      

• Group

• Period

• Octet Rule

• Family

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The tendency for atoms to have 8 electrons in a complete valence shell

• Octet rule

• Cation

• Anion

• Metal

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Substances found on the right-hand side of the periodic table which gain electrons in a chemical reaction

• Nonmetal

• Metal

• Metallloid

• Valence electrons

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Elements which possess properties of metals and non-metals          

• Metalloid

• Metal

• Nonmetal

• Electron affinity

The small numbers that tell you how many atoms of a specific type there are in a molecule

• Subscript

• Coefficient

• Atomic mass

• Atomic number

How readily an element loses an electron

• Metallic character

• Electron configuration

• Ion

• Parent Isotope

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The notation which shows the elements in a given molecule

• Chemical formula

• Atomic mass

• Molecule

• Planetary model

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Substances found on the left hand side of the periodic table which lose electrons in a chemical reaction

• Metal

• Nonmetal

• Electron orbital diagram

• Atomic radius

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