divalent
[dahy-vey-luh nt]
Origin of divalent
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Thus hydrochloric acid is better than sulphuric, on account of the stabilizing effect of the divalent SO4— ion on a negative sol.
Animal ProteinsHugh Garner Bennett
Univalent hydrogen and divalent oxygen will then have the symbols H- and -O-.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
In the divalent oxygen we meet with the modification called ozone, which, although unstable, changes but slowly into oxygen.
A divalent element, on the other hand, will combine with two atoms of a univalent element.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
Silver acts as a univalent element and calcium as a divalent element in the formation of their respective nitrates and chlorides.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
divalent
Abbreviation: bivalent
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