covalency

Examples

• All

• Carbon's covalency enables it to create complex molecular structures such as those found in organic compounds.

• The covalency of carbon is four.

• The covalency of an element can often be deduced from its position in the periodic table.

• Oxygen has a covalency of two.

• Carbon's covalency allows it to bond with four other atoms, forming a wide variety of organic molecules.

• In chemistry, the covalency of an element helps determine the types of compounds it can form.

• The covalency of nitrogen is three, enabling it to create stable molecules like ammonia.

Synonyms

V

valence

vscovalency

• Specialized

1 8.9

The number of chemical bonds an atom can form

refers specifically to shared electron pairs in covalent bonding rather than general capacity

V

valency

vscovalency

• UK

1 9.5

The number of bonds an atom can form with other atoms

focuses specifically on counting shared electron pairs rather than bond count

C

covalence

vscovalency

• Specialized

1 8.8

The number of other atoms an atom can share electrons with to make bonds

is the same meaning but is spelled in a different form

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology