What is valency?

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muralidharan

  • Apr 9th, 2012
 

Valency is the number of free electrons present in an atom, ready to combine with other electrons in the orbit of an element. To get a more precise definition, please refer any physical chemistry books.

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ravi

  • May 5th, 2013
 

the free electrons present in the last orbital of an element.

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Abdelgawad

  • Mar 31st, 2014
 

a property of atoms or groups, equal to the number of atoms of hydrogen that the atom or group could combine with or displace in forming compounds

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jitendra

  • Jan 20th, 2015
 

it is a tendency of element to gain or remove electron to get stable electron configuration.

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Tarnveer Singh

  • Oct 21st, 2017
 

Valency is the combining capacity of an element.
For metals, it is equal to the number of electrons in the outermost shell of their atoms, and for nonmetals it is eight minus the number of electrons in the outermost shell. Transition metals like iron and copper show more than one valency in compound formation.

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Reena Mhatre

  • Nov 17th, 2017
 

The valence of an elementor compound does depend on the number of hydrogen ions (H+) accepted or hydroxyl ions (OH-) denoted for each atomic weight or molecular weight.

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