Chemistry - Chapter 7 Vocabulary (Pearson)

The electrons in the highest occupied energy level of an element's atom.

Diagrams that show valence electrons in the atoms of an element as dots.

States that in the forming of compounds, atoms tend to achieve the electron configuration of a noble gas.

The ions produced when atoms of chlorine and other halogens gain electrons are called ____.

A compound composed of cations and anions.

The electrostatic forces that hold ions together in ionic compounds

Shows the numbers of atoms of each element in the smallest representative unit of a substance

The lowest whole-number ratio of ions in an ionic compound

The number of ions of opposite charge that surround the ion in a crystal.

The forces of attraction between the free floating valence electrons and the positively charged metal ions.