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valence number

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valence number [′vā·ləns ‚nəm·bər]
(chemistry)
A number that is equal to the valence of an atom or ion multiplied by +1 or -1, depending on whether the ion is positive or negative, or equivalently on whether the atom in the molecule under consideration has lost or gained electrons from its free state.


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