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  2. Valence (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    The valence is the combining capacity of an atom of a given element, determined by the number of hydrogen atoms that it combines with. In methane, carbon has a valence of 4; in ammonia, nitrogen has a valence of 3; in water, oxygen has a valence of 2; and in hydrogen chloride, chlorine has a valence of 1.

  3. Valence electron - Wikipedia

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    Four covalent bonds.Carbon has four valence electrons and here a valence of four. Each hydrogen atom has one valence electron and is univalent. In chemistry and physics, valence electrons are electrons in the outermost shell of an atom, and that can participate in the formation of a chemical bond if the outermost shell is not closed.

  4. Polyvalency (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    In carbon tetrachloride (b), C is connected to four Cl atoms and is tetravalent. In chemistry , polyvalency (or polyvalence , multivalency ) is the property of molecules and larger species, such as antibodies , medical drugs, and even nanoparticles surface-functionalized with ligands, like spherical nucleic acids , that exhibit more than one ...

  5. Monovalence - Wikipedia

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    Monovalence or Monovalent may refer to: Monovalent ion, an atom, ion, or chemical group with a valency of one, which thus can form one covalent bond; Monovalent vaccine, a vaccine directed at only one pathogen; Monovalent antibody, an antibody with affinity for one epitope, antigen, or strain of microorganism

  6. 18-electron rule - Wikipedia

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    An important class of complexes that violate the 18e rule are the 16-electron complexes with metal d 8 configurations. All high-spin d 8 metal ions are octahedral (or tetrahedral), but the low-spin d 8 metal ions are all square planar. Important examples of square-planar low-spin d 8 metal Ions are Rh(I), Ir(I), Ni(II), Pd(II), and Pt(II). At ...

  7. Valence - Wikipedia

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    Valence (chemistry), a measure of an element's combining power with other atoms Valence electron, electrons in the outer shell of an atom's energy levels; Valence quarks, those quarks within a hadron that determine the hadron's quantum numbers

  8. Valence bond theory - Wikipedia

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    Valence bond theory views bonds as weakly coupled orbitals (small overlap). Valence bond theory is typically easier to employ in ground state molecules. The core orbitals and electrons remain essentially unchanged during the formation of bonds. σ bond between two atoms: localization of electron density Two p-orbitals forming a π-bond.

  9. Formal charge - Wikipedia

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    Formal charges in ozone and the nitrate anion. In chemistry, a formal charge (F.C. or q*), in the covalent view of chemical bonding, is the hypothetical charge assigned to an atom in a molecule, assuming that electrons in all chemical bonds are shared equally between atoms, regardless of relative electronegativity.