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What is valency? Give the valencies of the following: oxygen, hydrogen, sodium, magnesium, chlorine.

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Valency is the capacity of an atom to combine with the other atoms to form compounds. The valencies of the following atoms are:

  1. Oxygen (O) : 2

  2. Hydrogen (H) : 1

  3. Sodium (Na) : 1

  4. Magnesium (Mg) : 2

  5. Chlorine (Cl) : 1


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