Chemistry
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- Malleable
- Means that metals can be pounded into foil and shaped
- Organic Compounds
- Compounds that contain carbon
- Group
- Column of elements in the periodic table
- Periodic Table
- Arrangement of the elements according to similarities in their properties
- Molecular Compounds
- Compounds formed from neutral nonmetals atoms
- Formula Unit
- Lowest whole-number ration of ions in an ionic compound
- Binary Compound
- Compound composed of two elements
- Ductile
- Means that metals can be drawn into a wire
- Transition Metals
- Group B elements
- Oxidation number
- Represents the charge on an atom or group of atoms
- Ions
- Atoms or groups of atoms that have an electric charge
- Ionic Compounds
- compounds made from metal and nonmetal atoms
- Anion
- Negatively charged ion
- Molecule
- Electrically neutral group of atoms that act as a unit
- Metalloids
- Elements with properties of both metals and non-metals
- Cation
- Positively charged ion
- Chemical Formula
- Shows the kinds and numbers of atoms in the smallest representative unit of a substance
- Ternary Compounds
- Compound that contains atoms of three or more different elements
- Polyatomic Ions
- Tightly bound groups of atoms that behave as a unit and carry a charge