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Chemical Bond


Ionic Bonding

Chemical bonding that results from the electrical attraction between cations and anions

Covalent Bonding

the sharing of electron pairs between two atoms

Non-Polar Covalent Bond

a covalent in which the bonding electrons are shared equally be the bonded atoms, resulting in a balanced distribution of electrical charge


uneven distribution of charge


a neutral group of atoms that are held together by covalent bonds

Molecular Compound

a chemical compound whose simplest units are molecules

Chemical Formula


Molecular Formula


Bond Energy


Electron-dot Notation


Lewis Structures

formulas in which atomic symbols represent nuclei and inner-shell electrons, dot-pairs or dashes between two atomic symbols represent electron paris in covalent bonds, and dots adjacent to only one atomic symbol represent unshared electrons

Structural Formulas

indicates the kind, number, arrangement, and bonds but not the unshared pairs of hte atoms in a molecule

Single Bond

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

Multiple Bonds

double and triple bonds


refers to bonding in molecules or ions that cannot be correctly represented by a single Lewis structure

Ionic Compound


Formula Unit

the simplest collection of atoms from which an ionic compund's formula can be established

Lattice Energy


Polyatomic Ion

a charged group of covalently bonded atoms

Metallic Bonding

the chemical bonding that results form the attraction between metal atoms and the surrounding sea of electrons





VSEPR Theory



the mixing to two or more atomic orbitals of similar energies on the same atom to produce new hybrid atomic orbitals of ezual energies

Hybrid Orbitals

orbitals of equal energy produced by the combination of two or more orbitals on the same atom



Hydrogen Bonding


London Dispersion Forces


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