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Week 1: Foundations Flashcards

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What is electronegativity?

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Measure of how strongly an atom attracts bonding pairs of electrons

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What is valence?

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Number of bonds an atom contains in a stable/neutral/uncharged molecule

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What is a functional group?

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Recognisable arrangement of atoms characteristic of a class of molecules

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What is a homologous series?

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A collection of compounds with the same general formula that differ only in the carbon chain length

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Lecture | Chem 110 (2 decks)

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