Bonding: General Concepts - Lecture Notes Review

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and definitions related to chemical bonding concepts from the lecture notes.

Chemical Bond

A force that holds atoms together to form molecules.

Covalent Bond

A bond formed when atoms share electrons.

Molecule

A collection of atoms that can be represented using a chemical formula or structural formula.

Ionic Bonding

Occurs between an atom that easily loses electrons and an atom that has a high affinity for electrons.

Electronegativity

The ability of an atom in a molecule to attract shared electrons to itself.

Lewis Structure

A diagram that shows how valence electrons are arranged among atoms in a molecule.

Octet Rule

Elements form stable molecules when surrounded by eight electrons.

Partial Ionic Character

A measure of the degree of ionic character in a covalent bond due to difference in electronegativity.

Polyatomic Ion

An ion composed of two or more atoms that are covalently bonded together and carry a charge.

Binary Ionic Compound

A compound consisting of a cation and an anion.