combining weight

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. the atomic weight of an atom or radical divided by its valence.

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Example Sentences

This is found by multiplying its ordinary chemical equivalent or combining weight by .000010384, which is the electrochemical equivalent of hydrogen.

From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John

If we divide the combining weight of any of the substances by the constant 28.87, then the quotient will be the specific gravity of the gas or vapor therefrom, as compared with air.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various

According to Lewkowitsch, the results obtained by the volumetric method which assumes a combining weight of 346 for resin acids, are very likely to be high.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

Twitchell suggests 346 as the combining weight of rosin, but 330 is a closer approximation.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.

If any compound of O should in future be found in which its combining weight is 8 or 4, that would be called its atomic weight.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips