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Grade 12th pass10 grade science

The combining capacity of an element is known as its ________.

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4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Yash Patari
4 Years ago
Dear student
The combining capacity of an element is known as its valency. For a nonmetal, you can calculate its valence by subtracting the number of valence electrons from 8.
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