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Valency   Listen
noun
Valency  n.  (pl. valencies)  (Chem.)
(a)
See Valence.
(b)
A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.






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"Valency" Quotes from Famous Books



... If, then, we assume that the metallic, positively electrified atom is in each case responsible, we have something to go on. It may be now stated that it has been found by experiment and supported by theory that the clumping power of an ion rises very rapidly with its valency; that is with the number of unit charges associated with it. Thus diads such as magnesium, calcium, barium, etc., are very much more efficient than monads such as sodium, potassium, etc., and again, triads such as aluminium are, similarly, very much more ...
— The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays • J. (John) Joly



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