trivalent
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- /ˈtraɪˌveɪlənt/
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trivalente
- Recent studies have shown that the trivalent forms of these metabolites are much more acutely toxic than their pentavalent forms and that they may be even more toxic than trivalent inorganic arsenic.
Examples
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This wavelength falls outside the erbium gain spectrum, but trivalent praseodymium ions have an optical transition in the right spectral region.
Academic text (1993) -
We know from elementary chemistry that arsenic has the propensity to be either trivalent or pentavalent.
Academic text (1999) -
And this was the first example of a of a authentic trivalent carbon compound.
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Or you could break the old bond and get a trivalent intermediate and then subsequently make the new bond, right?
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So on this side you'd have a trivalent manganese species.
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Recent studies have shown that the trivalent forms of these metabolites are much more acutely toxic than their pentavalent forms and that they may be even more toxic than trivalent inorganic arsenic.
Academic text (2008) -
The compound was classified as a trivalent metal, capable of forming three distinct bonds.
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In this reaction, the trivalent state of phosphorus allows it to engage with three oxygen atoms.
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Researchers discovered that trivalent chromium plays a crucial role in various biological processes.
Compounds
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A medicine taken by mouth that contains three weakened live polio viruses to protect against polio
How Many Bonds
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Surface Forms
Morphology
trivalent = valent (transparent) = tri + valent
Formed by the productive prefix 'tri-' (three) + 'valent' (having valence); in chemistry the meaning follows directly from these parts.
Etymology
The word trivalent comes from tri- 'three' and -valent from a root meaning 'to be strong or able'. So a trivalent atom can 'join' three other atoms, and a trivalent vaccine protects against three different strains.