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Atomic Valency

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What is valency of phosphate ion in $A l P O_{4}$ ?

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Valency of P is 5, and valency of O is 2.

In phosphate ion 4 O atom are there so total valency of $O_{2}$ is 4 x 2=8

Therefore, net valency of phosphate ion is 8-5=3,So Phosphate ion has 3 valency.

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