Alphabetical
valence
[noun]
The number of single bonds an atom can form, also measured as the number of hydrogen atoms that typically bond to an atom of an element. For example, in H2O, oxygen has a valence of two; in CH4, carbon has a valence of four.
Appears in modules:
- Atomic Theory III Wave-particle duality and the electron
- Carbon Chemistry Simple hydrocarbons, isomers, and functional groups
- Chemical Bonding Ionic and covalent bonds and polarity
- Nuclear Chemistry Radiation, half-life, and nuclear reactions
- The Founding of Neuroscience The work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Camillo Golgi
- The Periodic Table of Elements Origins and meaning
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