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What is the valency of cupper?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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12y ago

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Its Valency = 2

the formula being CuO

The copper donates two electrons to the oxygen and forms one ionic bond.

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There are two copper oxides, differing in color:

  • if it is black powder, then it is copper(II) oxide CuO (cupric, more common, as in the mineral 'tenoriet')
  • if it is red powder, then it is copper(I) oxide Cu2O (cuprous oxide, as in mineral the 'cupriet' and it occurs in 'Benedict's test' on reducing sugars)
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11y ago

valency of cu is +2

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the valency of copper is 1,2

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+2 is valency of cupric

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