valency conjecture

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The valency conjecture is an alternative conception that in an ionic compound each ion can only be (e.g., that Na+ can only be bonded to one other ion).

This is part of the very common 'molecular' alternative conceptual framework for ionic bonding.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.