electrostatic bond
11electrovalent bond — noun a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ion • Syn: ↑ionic bond, ↑electrostatic bond • Hypernyms: ↑chemical bond, ↑bond * * * noun : a chemical bond… …
12hydrogen bond — hy′drogen bond n. chem. an electrostatic bond between a hydrogen atom in a covalent bond and an electronegative atom, as oxygen …
13ionic bond — ion′ic bond′ n. chem. the electrostatic bond between two ions formed through the transfer of one or more electrons • Etymology: 1935–40 …
14hydrogen bond — a weak electrostatic bond formed by linking a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g. nitrogen or oxygen). The large number of hydrogen bonds in proteins and nucleic acids are responsible for maintaining the stable molecular… …
15Chemical bond — A chemical bond is an attraction between atoms that allows the formation of chemical substances that contain two or more atoms. The bond is caused by the electromagnetic force attraction between opposite charges, either between electrons and… …
16Ionic bond — [ noble gas electron configuration, and this electron enters the chlorine atom exothermically. The oppositely charged ions are then attracted to each other, and their bonding releases energy. The net transfer of energy is that energy leaves the… …
17Hydrogen bond — A hydrogen bond results from a dipole dipole force between an electronegative atom and a hydrogen atom bonded to nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine (thus the name hydrogen bond , which must not be confused with a covalent bond to hydrogen). The energy… …
18Covalent bond — Covalent redirects here. For other uses, see Covalent (disambiguation). A covalent bond forming H2 (right) where two h …
19Metallic bond — Metallic bonding is the electrostatic attractive forces between the delocalized electrons, called conduction electrons, gathered in an electron sea , and the positively charged metal ions. Understood as the sharing of free electrons among a… …
20covalent bond — Chem. the bond formed by the sharing of a pair of electrons by two atoms. [1960 65] * * * Force holding atoms in a molecule together as a specific, separate entity (as opposed to, e.g., colloidal aggregates; see bonding). In covalent bonds, two… …
