Vocabulary
Ionic Compounds
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100
The concept that atoms tend to be most stable when they have eight valence electrons.
What is the octet rule.
100
True or False: Ionic compounds are electrically neutral.
What is true.
100
RbI
What is rubidium iodide.
100
Strontium fluoride
What is SrF2
100
This type of bonding is characterized by positive and negative ions held together by attractive forces.
What is ionic bonding.
200
An ion that has a negative charge.
What is an anion.
200
Ionic compounds exist in this state at room temperature.
What is solid.
200
AlBr3
What is aluminum bromide.
200
Aluminum Phosphide
What is AlP
200
These two groups/families are the most reactive elements on the periodic table.
What are the alkali metals and the halogens.
300
An ion that is made up of two or more atoms.
What is a polyatomic ion.
300
True or False: Ionic compounds are hard and malleable.
What is false: they are hard and brittle.
300
Ca3N2
What is calcium nitride.
300
Chromium (VI) Oxide
What is CrO3
300
This type of bonding is characterized by nonmetal atoms held together by the sharing of electrons.
What is covalent bonding.
400
The regular pattern in which a crystal is arranged.
What is the crystal lattice.
400
True or False: Ionic compounds have high melting points.
What is true.
400
PbCl2
What is lead (II) chloride.
400
Dimercury (I) selenide
What is Hg2S
400
These two types of bonding involve atoms with similar electronegativities.
What are metallic bonding and covalent bonding.
500
The smallest portion of a crystal lattice that shows the three-dimensional pattern of the entire lattice.
What is a unit cell.
500
Ionic compounds will conduct electricity under what two conditions.
What is when they are liquids or when they are dissolved in water.
500
Sn(CrO4)2
What is tin (IV) chromate.
500
Zinc phosphate
What is Zn3(PO4)2
500
This type of bonding is characterized by cations surrounded by a sea of valence electrons.
What is metallic bonding.
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