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Undergraduate 4
10/22/2013

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The simplest form of any substance

 

Definition
Atom
Term
Two or more atoms of the same or different elements combined to form another "substance."
Definition
Molecule
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Make up of an atom
Definition

All atoms have a nucleus made up of Protons and Neutrons; and outside the nucleus are electrons.

 

(Only Protons and electrons have electric charge)

Term
Proton's Electric Charge
Definition
Positive
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Electron's Electric Charge
Definition
Negative
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Neutrons' Electric Charge
Definition
No Charge
Term
Chemical Bond
Definition
Atoms combining with other atoms to make a different substance
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Covalent Bond
Definition
a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms
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The Water Molecule
Definition

Made of covalent bonds between Hydrogen and Oxygen (H2O)

 

Oxygen is more complicated and larger than Hydrogen

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Make up of H2O
Definition

8 Protons - 8 Neutrons - 8 electrons

Balenced!

 

But short two electrons in orbital shell

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Ionic Bond
Definition
Elements that completely lose or acquire electrons from another atom, forming an ionic bond.
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