mercedes chem cards ch. 4

The nuclear charge actually felt by an electron.

minimum energy needed to remove an
electron from an atom in the gas phase

The energy released when a neutral atom gains an electron to form an anion

substance
composed of two or more elements
combined in a specific ratio and held together
by chemical bonds

depiction of an element’s valence electrons

A neutral compound in which the total
number of positive charges must equal the total number of negative charges.

Solid compounds that contain water
molecules.

the energy required to completely
separate
one mole of a solid ionic
compound into
gaseous ions