Chemical Reactions

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the starting materials in a chemical reaction

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Reactants

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a substance that is formed as the result of a chemical reaction

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Product 

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an atom or molecule which has gained or lost one or more of its valence electrons

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Ion

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bond in which one or more electrons from one atom are removed and attached to another atom, resulting in positive and negative ions which attract each other

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Ionic Bond

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bond in which one or more pairs of electrons are shared by two atoms

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Ionic Bond

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a substance formed when two or more elements are chemically bonded together

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Compound

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tells us the number of atoms of each element in a compound

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Chemical Formula

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Both elements in a compound share a certain number of electrons.

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Share Electrons

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one element loses an electron to another

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Transfer Electrons

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the symbolic representation of a chemical reaction

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Chemical Equation