chapter 5 vocab
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- empirical formula
- a chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms
- bond angles
- the angle formed by two bonds to the same atom
- molecular formula
- a chemical formula based on analysis and molecular weight
- chemical structure
- the compounds in atoms or ions that are connected
- covalent bonds
- form when electrons are shared between atoms
- chemical bonds
- an attraction between two atoms resulting from the sharing of outer-shell electrons or the presence of opposite charges
- ionic bonds
- formed when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another
- polyatomic ions
- many atom ions; treat these as behave as if single atom; GANG
- bond length
- Distance between two nuclei in a chemical bond.
- metallic bonds
- outer electrons of the metal atoms form a common electron cloud
- organic compound
- any compound of carbon and another element or a radical