electrostatic valence rule
electrostatic valence rule
[i′lek·trə‚stad·ik ′vā·ləns ‚rül] (physical chemistry)
The postulate that in a stable ionic structure the valence of each anion, with changed sign, equals the sum of the strengths of its electrostatic bonds to the adjacent cations.
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