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Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding
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Section 3

Lewis Dot Symbols and Lewis Structures

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Representing Valence Electrons in Lewis Symbols

Lewis symbols use dots to visually represent the valence electrons of an atom.

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Writing Lewis Symbols for Atoms

The Lewis symbol for an atom depicts its valence electrons as dots around the symbol for the element.

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Introduction to Lewis Structures for Covalent Molecules

In covalent molecules, atoms share pairs of electrons in order to achieve a full valence level.

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Lewis Structures for Polyatomic Ions

The Lewis structure of an ion is placed in brackets and its charge is written as a superscript outside of the brackets, on the upper right.

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