Chemical bonding that results from the electrical attraction between large numbers of cations and anions. (When electrons are given up) (metal to nonmetal)
When 1 or more valence electrons are attracted to multiple nuclei.
A bond in which the bonding electrons are shared equally by the bonded atoms, resulting in a balanced distribution of electrical charge.
This term means that the atom has an uneven distribution of charge.
A covalent bond in which the bonded atoms have an unequal attraction for the shared electrons. (Unequal attraction because of diff. in electronegativity.)
Bond in which loosely held valence electrons are attached to multiple nuclei. (2 or more metals together)
A neutral group of atoms that are held together by covalent bonds.
Chemical compound whose simplest units are molecules.
This indicates the relative numbers of atoms of each kind in a chemical compound by using atomic symbols and numerical subscripts.
This shows the types and numbers of atoms combined in a simple molecule of a molecular compound.
Molecule containing only two atoms.
Distance between two bonded atoms at their minimum potential energy, that is, the average distance between two bonded atoms.
How we measure strength of covalent bond. It's the energy required to break a chemical bond and form neutral isolated atoms.
Chemical compounds tend to form so that each atom, by gaining, losing, or sharing electrons, had an octet of electrons in its highest occupied energy level.
An electron-config notation in which only the valence electrons of an atom of a particular element are shown, indicated by dots placed around the element's symbol.
A pair of electrons that is not involved in bonding and that belongs exclusively to one atom.
Formulas where atomic symbols represent nuclei & inner-shell electrons, dot-pairs or dashes between two atomic symbols represent electron pairs in covalent bonds.
Indicates the kind, number, arrangement, and bonds but not the unshared pairs of the atoms in a molecule.
A covalent bond produced by sharing of one pair of electrons between two atoms.
A covalent bond produced by the sharing of the two pairs of electrons between two atoms.
A covalent bond produced by the sharing of three pairs of electrons between two atoms.
Double and triple bonds are referred to as this.
Refers to bonding in molecules or ions that