Terms
Anion
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A negatively charged ion.
Bond
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That which holds together atoms in molecules and
ions in lattices.
Bond Length
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The distance between bonded nuclei.
Bond Strength
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The amount of energy necessary to break a bond. The energy gives a
measure of how hard it is to
break a bond.
Cation
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A positively charged ion.
Coulomb's Law
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A mathematical formula whose consequence is that negatively and positively
charged particles attract
each other and similarly charged species repel each other.
Covalent Bond
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A bond that results from a sharing of electrons between nuclei.
Electronegativity
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A measure of the ability of an atom to attract electrons to itself.
Ion
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A charged species created by the gain or loss of an electron from an atom
or neutral molecule.
Ionic Bond
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A bond that results from electrostatic attraction between oppositely
charged ions. The cation is
positively charged, while the anion is negatively charged.
Lattice
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A regularly repeating three-dimensional array of atoms,
molecules, or
ions.
