OSU CH201

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the force that holds atoms together in chemical compounds

nonmetal atoms

metal and non metal atoms

• a bond that occurs when two atoms share several (usually two) electrons
• the most common kind of chemical bond.

the unit of matter that results when two or more atoms are joined by covalent bonds

Ionic Bond is a transfer of one or more electrons from one atom to another.

Are when an atoms gains or loses an electron

a ion with a positive electron charge when it loses a negative charge

a ion with a negative electron charge when it loses a positive charge

a solid whose constituent particles are ions ordered into a regular three-dimensional arrangement held together by ionic bonds