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An element has a valency of +3.

What will be the formula of its carbonate?


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Valency:

  • The combining capacity of an element is called valency.
  • Different elements have different combining capacities.
  • It is also defined as the number of electrons gained, lost, or shared by it with other atoms during a chemical change.
  • For example,in H2O, two atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen to form a molecule of water. Here the valency of hydrogen is 1 and of oxygen is 2.

If an element has a valency of +3, then the formula of its carbonate will be M2(CO3)3.

Here, M will be an element whose valency is +3.

For example:

  • Al2(CO3)3

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