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- 5. a type of model of an atom
- 6. a substance having a finite activation energy (band gap) for electron conduction
- 8. members of a family of an element that all have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons
- 9. a row of chemical elements
- 10. the number of a chemical element in the periodic system
- 11. any substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by ordinary chemical processes
- 13. a negatively charged subatomic particle
- 15. a type of chemical element which has a preponderance of properties in between
- 17. a column in the periodic table of the chemical elements
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- 1. Russian chemist who developed the periodic classification of the elements
- 2. are neutral sub-atomic particles with no electrical charge
- 3. smallest unit into which matter can be divided without the release of electrically charged particles
- 4. stable subatomic particle that has a positive charge
- 7. a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms
- 12. any of a class of substances characterized by high electrical and thermal conductivity
- 14. any substance composed of identical molecules consisting of atoms of two or more chemical elements
- 16. any atom or group of atoms that bears one or more positive or negative electrical charges
