Chemical Bonds
The force of attraction between a positively charged ion and the valence electrons it shares with other ions of the metal.
What is a metallic bond?
Where two or more substances combine to form a single new substance.
What is a combination reaction?
C+O2
What is CO2
A negatively charged part of an atom.
What is an electron?
When the physical appearance of an object changes but the chemical composition does not
What is a physical change?
The force of attraction which holds together positive and negative ions
What is an ionic bond?
When a compound breaks down into two or more simpler substances.
What is a decomposition reaction?
CuSO4
What is copper sulfate?
A constant quantity placed before and multiplying the variable in a chemical equation.
What is a coefficient?
The two parts of a solution.
What are solutes and solvents?
When atoms share electrons but not equally
What is a polar covalent bond?
What is a single replacement reaction?
Li2SO4
What is lithium subtract?
Something that changes the element before it in a chemical equation.
What are subscripts?
Something with indefinite shape and definite volume.
What is liquid?
When atoms share electrons equally
What is a nonpolar covalent bond?
Where the positive and negative ions in two compounds exchange places to form new compounds.
What is a double replacement reaction?
Al2(SO4)3
What is aluminum sulfate?
A positively charged part of an atom
What is a proton?
What is the kinetic theory of matter?
Relatively weak bonds which give energy resulting in an attraction between a proton in one molecule and an electronegative atom in the other.
What is a hydrogen bond?
When a substance reacts with oxygen gas releasing energy in the form of light and/or heat.
What is a combustion reaction?
C10H15N
What is meth (methamphetamine [Common brand: Desoxyn])?
A charged atom, meaning it doesn't have an even number of protons and electrons.
What is an ion?
Something that can lose its electrons to an anion.
What is a cat ion?