structure of matter johnathan Flashcards
What is a chemical structure?
Atoms arranged in a substance
What is a chemical bond?
Force the cam gold ions and atoms together.
What is a bond length?
Distance between nuclei and 2 bonded atoms.
What is a bond angle?
Angle formed by two bonds that goes to the same atom
What are ionic bonds?
Formed between oppositely charged ions and by the attraction.
What are metallic bonds?
Forms between positively charged metal ions and electrons around them and by the attraction.
What are covalent bonds?
Forms when 1 or more pair of electrons are shared to a atom.
What is a nonpolar covalent bond?
When electrons are shared equally.
What is a polar covalent bond?
Unequal sharing of electrons.
What are polyatomic ions?
Has two or more atoms in a ion.
What is a empirical formula?
Composition of a compound, and relative numbers and kinds of atoms in simplest ratio.
What is the molecular formula?
Chemical formula that show then number, but has no arrangement atoms even though it does have kinds of atoms.
What is a organic compound?
Contains carbon and excludes oxides and carbonates.
What is hydrocarbon?
Compound made of hydrogen and carbon only.
What’s Alkane?
When carbon atoms do not line up in a row.
