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Meanings of valence electron in English

Russian
валентный электрон
Portuguese
electrão de valência
Spanish
electrones de valencia
Catalan
electró de valència

Outer shell electron that is associated with an atom, and that can participate in the formation of a chemical bond if the outer shell is not closed.

валентный электрон
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Usage of valence electron in English
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Think of that valence electron again.
The South African
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This energy exceeded the theoretical positronium work function calculated with valence electrons.
Pubmed
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The valence electrons make all the decisions and control the compounds our atom can join.
Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
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Its five unpaired valence electrons give it a large magnetocrystalline energy and the ability to form several intermetallic compounds.
Pubmed
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That is where the valence electrons live, though there are plenty of unoccupied states higher up in the attic.
Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
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The compounds in focus belong to the equiatomic (1:1:1) ABX family of ternary materials with 18 valence electrons per formula unit.
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