Atoms that have acquired a + or - charge.
What is an ion?
The force that holds two atoms together.
What is a chemical bond?
The two monatomic ions that make up a binary ionic compound.
What are a positively charged monatomic metal ion and a negatively charged monatomic nonmetal ion?
The name for a chemical formula of an ionic compound.
What is a formula unit?
Sodium + Chlorine.
What is NaCl and sodium chloride?
These are responsible for the bonding between elements.
What are valence electrons?
The neutral atom's likelihood of gaining an electron.
What is electron affinity?
The number that tells us how many electrons an element is likely to gain, lose, or share as it bonds to other atoms and returns to its neutral state.
What is the oxidation number?
In naming a formula unit, this is named first.
What is the cation?
Manganese + Sulfur
What is Manganese (II) Sulfide and MnS?
Ionic bonds are generally formed from the bonding of these elements.
What are metals and nonmetals?
The property of an atom that refers to how easily an atom loses an electron.
What is ionization energy?
A compound with only two elements.
What is a binary compound?
BeCl2.
What is Beryllium Chloride?
Calcium and Nitrate?
What is Ca(NO3)2 and Calcium Nitrate?
An ionic compound whose aqueous solution conducts an electric current.
What is an electrolyte?
How strongly an atom attracts and holds electrons.
What is electronegativity?
The suffix used when naming a monatomic anion.
What is -ide?
Fe(OH)2.
What is Iron (II) Hydroxide?
Chromium (II) and Acetate?
What is Cr(C2H3O2)2 and Chromium (II) Acetate?
Ions composed of 2 or more atoms that are covalently bonded and act as a single particle.
What are polyatomic ions?
Forces between particles that are caused by their electric charges.
What is electrostatic force?
The properties of ionic bonds are determined by these.
What is a crystal lattice?
KCN.
What is potassium cyanide?
Tungsten (III) + Cyanide .
What W(CN)3 and Tungsten (III) Cyanide?