Categories: Site glossary
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.
Read about the molecular framework for ionic bonding
Read about the valency conjecture
[Please be aware that a word may have different nuances, or even a different meaning, according to context.]« Back to Index
