It is a cation with a 2+ charge, i.e. Mg2+ or Fe2+
The 'valency' of a cation describes the free orbitals it has to accept lewis electrons. For example, potassium is monovalent (or univalent), and only has one empty orbital to accept electrons, whereas calcium is divalent, and has two empty orbitals, (and a 2+ charge) to accept donor electrons for lewis bonding.
will there be any structural changes when divalent is doped with trivalent
Magnesium and carbonate are divalent.
Fe 2+ , 3+
NO, Calcium is divalent. It is having 2 valence electrons
Strontium form the divalent cation Sr2+.
Radium is a divalent chemical element; the cation is Ra2+.
Divalent cation: Ca2+ Trivalent anion: (PO4)3-
Cadmium has a divalent cation: Cd2+.
Mg ^ 2+ :D
Not by electromotive action; magnesium would replace copper instead. However, a divalent copper cation conceivably could replace a divalent magnesium ion in a complex mineral such as a silicate or aluminate.
This is largely due to the small ionic radius and divalent charge of a beryllium cation. This combination gives it the strongest electric field at its surface of any metal cation.
This atom become a cation with the electrical charge +2.
Magnesium can only exist in its 2+ state of a cation ( Mg2+).
Chromate is an divalent anion with formula CrO4-2
According to Wikipedia, Ca(H2PO4)2: Calcium forms a divalent cation, and the polyatomic anion dihydrogen* phosphate has only a single negative valency.
The 'valency' of a cation describes the free orbitals it has to accept lewis electrons. For example, potassium is monovalent (or univalent), and only has one empty orbital to accept electrons, whereas calcium is divalent, and has two empty orbitals, (and a 2+ charge) to accept donor electrons for lewis bonding.