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| A chemical bond formed by atoms sharing electrons |
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| A molecule formed of two identical atoms bonded together |
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Occur when two pairs of electrons are shared
in a covalent bond |
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| the prefix poly- means many; molecules composed of two or more different elements |
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A bond in which three pairs of electrons are shared
by the elements |
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| A particle made up of two or more atoms chemically joined together; a particle formed by a limited number of atoms bonded covalently; the basic unit of a covalent compound |
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| A description of metallic bonding that uses randomly shared electrons to explain the properties of metals |
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| A chemical bond in which metal atoms are thought to randomly share their valence electrons |
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