Chemical Bonding Review

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What type of bond is formed between cobalt (II) chloride (CoCl2)?

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Ionic

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Why don't noble gases form bonds?

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They all have a full octet.

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What type of bond is present when electrons are freely shared between metal atoms?

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Metallic

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Why do all bonds form?

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To fill the outermost energy level to be stable.

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In covalent bonding, valence electrons are ______.

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shared.

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What is an ionic bond?

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A bond formed by the transfer of electrons from one atom to another.

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What is a covalent bond?

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A bond formed by the sharing of electrons between atoms.

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What is a metallic bond?

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A bond formed by the attraction between metal ions and the sea of delocalized electrons.

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What is the octet rule?

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Atoms tend to bond in such a way that they have eight electrons in their valence shell.

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What is a valence electron?

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An electron in the outermost shell of an atom that can participate in forming bonds.