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| 2. | the energy change occurring when separated gaseous ions are packed together to form an ionic solid. |
| 5. | the energy required to break a given chemical bond. |
| 7. | an electron pair found in the space between two atoms. |
| 8. | the distance between the nuclei of the two atoms connected by a bond, |
| 9. | the charge assigned to an atom in a molecule or polyatomic ion derived from a specific set of rules. |
| 12. | a condition occurring when more than one valid Lewis structure can be written for a particular molecule. |
| 14. | the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in a molecule |
| 15. | ions containing the same number of electrons |
| 17. | a type of bond in which electrons are shared by atoms. |
| 18. | a bond in which one pair of electrons is shared by two atoms |
| 19. | a model whose main postulate is that the structure around a given model atom in a molecule is determined principally by minimizing electron-pair repulsions. |
| 20. | a diagram of a molecule showing how the valence electrons are arranged among the atoms in the molecule. |
| 21. | a property of a molecule whose charge distribution can be represented by a center of positive charge and a center of negative charge. |
| 22. | the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions |