Chapter 6 Chemistry gloassary terms

A positivley or negativley charged atom or group of atoms

A chemical link of two atoms, which hold the atoms together

A chemical bond that forms between oppositley charged ions

A compound made of oppositley charged ions

A compond with particles made up of atoms held together by colvalent bonds

A chemial bond in which two  atoms share one or more pair of electrons

The smallest discrete paricle of a molecular compound; has one or more shared pairs of electrons in one or more colvalent bonds