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单词 valency
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valency

Physics
  • The combining power of an atom or radical, equal to the number of hydrogen atoms that the atom could combine with or displace in a chemical compound (hydrogen has a valency of 1). It is equal to the ionic charge in ionic compounds; for example, in Na2S, sodium has a valency of 1 (Na+) and sulphur a valency of 2 (S2−). In covalent compounds it is equal to the number of bonds formed; in CO2 both carbon and oxygen have a valency of 2.


Mathematics
  • A synonym for degree (of a vertex of a graph).


Chemistry
  • The combining power of an atom or radical, equal to the number of hydrogen atoms that the atom could combine with or displace in a chemical compound (hydrogen has a valency of 1). It is equal to the ionic charge in ionic compounds; for example, in Na2S, sodium has a valency of 1 (Na+) and sulphur a valency of 2 (S2−). In covalent compounds it is equal to the number of bonds formed; in CO2 oxygen has a valency of 2 and carbon has a valency of 4.


Chemical Engineering
  • The property of atoms or radicals equal to the number of atoms of hydrogen that an atom or group can combine with or displace in forming compounds. Hydrogen therefore has a valency of 1. In ionic compounds, it is equal to the ionic charge. For example, in MgCl2, magnesium has a valency of 1 while chlorine has a valency of 2. In covalent compounds, it is equal to the number of bonds formed. For example, in SO2, sulphur has a valency of 4 and oxygen has a valency of 2.


Electronics and Electrical Engineering
  • The number of hydrogen (or equivalent) atoms with which an atom will combine or that it will displace.


Geology and Earth Sciences
  • The bonding potential of an atom, measured by the number of hydrogen ions (valency 1) that the atom could combine with or replace. In an ionic compound the valency (electrovalency) equals the ionic charge on each ion, e.g. in the compound MgO, Mg2+ shows a valency of +2, O2− a valency of −2. In a covalent compound the valency (covalency) of an atom is equal to the number of bonds it forms, e.g. in CH4 carbon has a valency of 4, hydrogen a valency of 1.


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