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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=chemistry">chemistry</a>, the <b>valence</b> (US spelling) or <b>valency</b> (British spelling) of an <a href="page.php?w=atom">atom</a> is a measure of its combining capacity with other atoms when it forms <a href="page.php?w=chemical_compound">chemical compound</a>s or <a href="page.php?w=molecule">molecule</a>s. Valence is generally understood to be the number of <a href="page.php?w=chemical_bond">chemical bond</a>s that each atom of a given <a href="page.php?w=chemical_element">chemical element</a> typically forms.</p><p>
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