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What is the number called that tells the combining ability of an atom?
valence
What is combining ability?
Combining ability refers to the genetic potential of a parent to transmit desirable traits to its progeny through hybridization. It involves the interaction between different parental genotypes when they are crossed to determine the performance of the resulting hybrids. Different types of combining ability, such as general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA), help breeders identify superior parent lines for developing high-yielding and agronomically improved crop varieties.
Explain the difference between atomic mass and atomic number?
Atomic mass represents the total mass of an atom, combining the mass of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Atomic number, on the other hand, is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, which determines its chemical properties and element identity.
What is the valence?
Valence refers to the combining power of an element, which determines how many other atoms it can bond with. It influences an atom's reactivity and ability to form chemical bonds. The valence is typically determined by the number of electrons in the outermost energy level of an atom.
What is the valence value of an element?
The valence value of an element is the number of electrons that an atom can gain, lose, or share in order to achieve a stable electron configuration. It determines the element's ability to form chemical bonds with other elements.
What does the atomic number represents the number of?
It represents the number of Protons (p+) that element has in the nucleus of one atom.
What Atomic Number represents?
The atomic number equals the number of protons in an atom, as well as the number of electrons in a stable, electrically neutral atom, it represents the identity of an element ,the simplest form of matter.
What number of protons represents the number of?
positive charge in the atom
What number on the periodic table represents the number of protons an atom has?
Atomic Number
A positive or negative number that is assigned to an element to show its combining ability in a compound is?
The number is known as the oxidation number. It indicates the number of electrons that an atom has gained, lost, or shared in order to form a chemical bond in a compound.
What does the equation N equals A-Z mean?
N represents the number of neutrons in an atom, A represents the atom's mass number and Z is the atoms proton number. This makes sense because it shows that the mass number of an atom is the number of protons added to the number of neutrons in the nucleus.
Is mass number the combining capacity of an element?
No, mass number is the number of neutrons and protons that exist within the nucleus of the atom for a particular element. It is based on the idea that most of the mass of an atom derives from the nucleus.
