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The valency of chlorine atom is........................ and this value is taken as the standard value.

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The atomic number of Chlorine is 17. Since Chlorine has 7 electrons in its valence shell it would take much less energy to acquire an electron reach the stable 8 electrons in a shell configuration rather than losing its 7 electrons. Hence the valency of Chlorine is 1.


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