CHEMICAL REACTIONS/BONDS VOCAB
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- CHEMICAL BONDING
- THE JOINING OF ATOMS TO FORM NEW SUBSTANCES
- CHEMICAL BOND
- FORCE OF ATTRACTION THAT HOLDS TWO ATOMS TOGETHER
- VALENCE ELECTRONS
- THE ELECTRONS IN THE OUTERMOST ENERGY LEVEL OF THE ATOM
- IONIC BOND
- THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION BETWEEN TWO OPPOSITELY CHARGED IONS
- IONS
- CHARGED PARTICLES THAT FORM DURING CHEMICAL CHANGES WHEN ONE OR MORE VALENCE ELECTRONS TRANSFER FROM ONE ATOM TO ANOTHER
- CRYSTAL LATTICE
- REPEATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN MADE UP OF IONS IN AN IONIC COMPOUND
- COVALENT BOND
- FORCE OF ATTRACTION BETWEEN THE NUCLEI OF ATOMS AND THE ELECTRONS SHARED BY THE ATOMS
- MOLECULE
- A NEUTRAL GROUP OF ATOMS HELD TOGETHER BY COVALENT BONDS
- METALLIC BOND
- THE FORCE OF ATTRACTION BETWEEN A POSITIVELY CHARGED METAL ION AND THE ELECTRONS IN THE METAL
- CHEMICAL REACTION
- PROCESS BY WHICH ONE OR MORE SUBSTANCES UNDERGO CHANGE TO PRODUCE ONE OR MORE DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES
- CHEMICAL FORMULA
- SHORTHAND NOTATION FOR A COMPOUND OR A DIATOMIC ELEMENT USING CHEMICAL SYMBOLS AND NUMBERS
- CHEMICAL EQUATION
- SHORTHAND DESCRIPTION OF A CHEMICAL REACTION USING CHEMICAL FORMULAS AND SYMBOLS
- REACTANTS
- STARTING MATERIALS IN A CHEMICAL REACTION
- PRODUCTS
- SUBSTANCES FORMED FROM A CHEMICAL REACTION
- LAW OF CONSERVATION OF MASS
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A CHEMICAL EQUATION MUST BE BALANCED!
MASS IS NEITHER CREATED NOR DESTROYED IN ORDINARY CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES - SYNTHESIS REACTION
- TWO OR MORE SUBSTANCES COMBINE TO FORM A SINGLE COMPOUND
- DECOMPOSITION REACTION
- A SINGLE COMPOUND BREAKS DOWN TO FORM TWO OR MORE SIMPLER SUBSTANCES
- SINGLE REPLACEMENT REACTIONS
- A REACTION IN WHICH AN ELEMENT TAKES THE PLACE OF ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT IS PART OF A COMPOUND
- DOUBLE REPLACEMENT REACTION
- A REACTION IN WHICH IONS IN TWO COMPOUNDS SWITCH PLACES
- EXOTHERMIC
- A CHEMICAL REACTION IN WHICH ENERGY IS RELEASED OR REMOVED
- ENDOTHERMIC
- A CHEMICAL REACTION IN WHICH ENERGY IS ABSORBED
- LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
- ENERGY CAN NEITHER BE CREATED NOR DESTROYED
- ACTIVATION ENERGY
- MINIMUM AMOUNT OF ENERGY NEEDED FOR SUBSTANCES TO REACT
- CATALYST
- SUBSTANCE THAT SPEEDS UP A REACTION, AND IS NOT PERMANENTLY CHANGED
- INHIBITOR
- SUBSTANCE THAT SLOWS DOWN OR STOPS A REACTION
- IONIC COMPOUNDS
- COMPOUNDS THAT CONTAIN IONIC BONDS
- COVALENT COMPOUNDS
- COMPOUNDS COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS THAT ARE COVALENTLY BONDED