Valency

Question 1

What is valency?

Answer 1

Ability of an atom to form a certain number of chemical bonds with other atoms.

Question 2

What is the unit of valency?

Answer 2

The valence of hydrogen atoms

Question 3

What is oxidation?

Answer 3

The additional charge of an atom if the compound is ionic

Question 4

What is the oxidation number equal to?

Answer 4

The number of electrons displaced from an atom or to an atom

Question 5

What property do metal atoms have in complex substances, in regard to oxidation numbers?

Answer 5

They are always positive.

Question 6

What exception does oxygen have, in regards to oxidation numbers?

Answer 6

Oxygen Florine and Hydrogen Peroxide have a positive charge on the oxidation value of oxygen, when it is typically negative.