Crossword-Solution: DIVALENT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Divalent | a. | Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence. |
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| element that can unite with two atoms | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with DIVALENT (5)
The words monovalent, divalent, trivalent, tretrava-lent, etc., were coined to express this most important fact, and the various elements came to be known as monads, diads, triads, etc.
The oxygen atom, being divalent, is capable of uniting itself to two other atoms of oxygen or other elements, and thus with oxygen forming ozone.
That it may also be divalent in H_{2}O_{2} may be made clear as follows: The unit valence of each element may be represented graphically by a line attached to its symbol.
Silver acts as a univalent element and calcium as a divalent element in the formation of their respective nitrates and chlorides.
Note: Though denoted by a formula identical with that of carbon monoxide, it is chemically distinct, as carbon seems to be divalent in carbon monoxide, but tetravalent in carbonyl compounds.