Chemistry Grade 10 Midyear Definitions Flashcards
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Ion
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A charged particle
2
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Metallic bonding
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Bonding that occurs between atoms of the same metal
3
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Ionic bonding
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Bonding between metal and non-metal ions
4
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Covelant bonding
A
Bonding between non metal atoms
5
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Valence electrons
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The electrons in the highest occupied energy level of an atom
6
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Valency
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The number of atoms an element must gain, lose or share in order to achieve the electron configuration of a noble gas
7
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Pauli’s exclusion principal
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No more than two electrons can occupy the same orbital and they must have opposite spins
8
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Hund’s rule
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Every orbital in a sub level is singly occupied before any orbital is doubly occupied
