Chemical Bonding
The bond formed by the transfer of electrons
What is an ionic bond?
Atoms that have unequal numbers of protons and electrons
What are ions?
Outer Electrons are electrons are called
Valence electrons
Magnesium and sulfur
What is magnesium sulfide?
Sodium and Iodine
What is NaI?
Ion formed by group 2 atoms
What is +2?
Ionic Compound also known as NaCl
What is sodium chloride?
Ion formed by the loss of electrons
What are cations or positively charged ions?
The charge on all atoms that are neutral, Net charge for ionic compounds
What is zero?
Be3P2
What is beryllium phosphide?
1 Carbon and 2 Oxygens
What is CO2?
All atoms have 3 orbitals
What is family 3?
Bond formed by sharing of electrons
What are covalent bonds
Ion formed by the gain of electrons
What are anions or negatively charged ions?
The bond that forms the compound KCl
What is Ionic
CF4
What is carbon tetrafluoride?
Lithium and Nitrogen
What is Li3N?
All form -2 ions
What is group 16?
The two types of elements found in ionic compounds
What are metals and nonmetals?
The electrons involved in a chemical bonds
What are valence or outer shell electrons?
These are used to represent an electron pair in a covalent bond
What are Lines or dashes
FeCl2
What is iron (II) chloride?
Magnesium and Phosphorus
What is Mg3P2
name of group 18 elements
What are noble gases?
The bond formed by two nonmetals, or a nonmetal and a metaloid
What are covalent bonds?
The reason atoms form chemical bonds
What is to become more stable, or to look like a noble gas or the have a stable octet+
P4O6
What is Tetraphosphorus hexaoxide?
Dihydrogen monooxide
What is H2O?
The number of valence electrons that make atoms chemically stable
What is 8?