Chapter 6 Flashcards
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What is a covalent bond?
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A bond formed when atoms share 1 or more electrons
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What is an ionic bond?
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Force that attracts electrons from one atom to another which transforms a neutral atom into an ion
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What is a polar bond?
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Describes a molecule in which the positive and the negative charges are separated
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What is a nonpolar bond?
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Bonding ions are equally attracted to both bonded atoms.
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What is the VSPER theroy?
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A theory that predicts some molecular shapes based on the idea that some pairs of valence electrons surrounding an atom repel each other (see page 200 for shapes)
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What are the orbital shapes?
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See page 200
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What is a dipole?
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A molecule or a part of a molecule that contains both positively and negatively charged regions
