A type of linkage formed from the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions.
What is an Ionic Bond?
What is an Anion?
What is a Cation?
A strong force of attraction holding atoms together in a molecule or crystal, resulting from the sharing or transfer of electrons.
What is a Chemical Bond?
A way of representing atoms or molecules by showing electrons as dots surrounding the element symbol. One bond is represented as two electrons.
What is Lewis Dot Structure?
When atoms are shared unequally in a covalent bond.
What is a Polar Covalent Bond?
An ion that contains more than one atom.
What is a Polyatomic Atom?
The force that holds atoms together in a metallic substance.
What is a Metallic Bond?
A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.
What is Alloy.
An atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
What is an Ion?
A symbolic representation of a chemical composition
Any solid material in which the component atoms are arranged in a definite pattern.
What is a Crystal?
The interatomic linkage that results from the sharing of an electron pair between two atoms.
What is a Covalent Bond?
What is a Molecule?