Chemical bond
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Chemical bonds are what join together atoms. When two or more atoms are in a chemical bond the stay joined unless the needed amount of energy or more is transfered to the bond. Something different can then happen. Chemical bonds can be explained using different theories. Some of these theories try to explain chemical bonds in a simply way that can be used by chemists to imagine what could happen when they try to make molecules. Some explain how the atoms are bonded together with more detail and are used by chemists and physicists.
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A common way chemists describe chemical bonds is through the amount of electrons each atom has on itself. Each atom is drawn with the number of electrons as dots to form a maximum of eight. The number of dots changes if there are less or more electrons. If the electrons from a chemical bond then a line is drawn between the two electrons.
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