Chemical Bonding Flashcards
Nucleas
The nucleas has positive protons and neutral neutrons
Electrons
Negative electrons circle the nucleus in shells
Protons
The number of protons in an atoms is called the atomic number
Mass number
The mass number is the number of protons plus neutrons
Compound
A compound is when two or more atoms of different elements have a chemical bond joining them together
The octet rule states that
Atoms will bond together so that each atom attains an electron arrangement with 8 electrons in its outermost shell
Ionic bonding
Is when one atom gives electrons and the other atom of takes the electrons to get a full outer shell
Covalent bonding
Is when both atoms share electrons to get a full outer shell
What is bonding ?
When atoms work together like ionic and covalent they are bonding
Atom
An atom is the smallest part of an element which still has the properties of that element