Chemical Bonds

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What is an element? A substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by chemical means, and is made up of atoms all with identical number of protons
What is an atom? Makes up an element smallest part.
What is an isotope? An isotope of an element is the element with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.
What is a chemical bond? Describe the four types of chemical bonds. Discuss the strength of each type of bond. A chemical bond is the energy or force which holds two or more atoms together in a molecule or compound. A covalent bond is where two atoms share a pair of electrons. An ionic bond is the bond which results from the electrostatic interaction between positive and negative ions. Due to the high