CHY 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Fluorine, Oxyanion, Gie

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Elements combine with each other to form compounds. That is why we have great diversity of substances in nature. The properties of compounds are generally very different from the properties of the elements that compose them an entirely new substance results when two elements combine to form a compound. In a compound, elements combine in fixed, definite proportions. Compounds are composed of atoms held together by chemical bonds. Chemical bonds are the result of interactions between the charged particles (electrons and protons) that compose atoms. Metals tend to lose electrons, and non-metals tend to gain electrons. Metal then becomes a cation, and non-metal becomes an anion. Ionic bonds are formed because these oppositely charged ions are then attracted to one another by electrostatic forces. A lattice of alternating cations and anions occurs when multiple ion pairs group together. The shared electrons interact with the nuclei of both atoms. Lowers the potential energy of the system through electrostatic interactions.

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