divalent
Americanadjective
adjective
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having a valency of two
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having two valencies
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Origin of divalent
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The study, "Imaging and mechanism of DNA-DNA recognition mediated by divalent ions," was published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
"To date, no earth-based mineral has been reported to contain chromium in the divalent state as one of the components," said Subramanian, the Milton Harris Professor of Materials Science in the OSU College of Science.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
An analysis showed that heavy divalent cations, like magnesium, bound to the latex particle membranes weighed down the particles -- until the connection eventually collapsed.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024
Such conditions are often difficult to model in the laboratory, where competence can be induced by high concentrations of divalent cations, Ca+2 or Mg+2, or electrical shock.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
As to the forces that held the chains together, the best guess seemed to be salt bridges in which divalent cations like Mg++ held together two or more phosphate groups.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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