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Also Known As valence number • valency

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Diagram of the periodic table with each element's position marked by boxes and labeled with electron subshells, using arrows to indicate the order in which valence shells fill with electrons.
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August Kekule von Stradonitz
August Kekule von Stradonitz
German chemist
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Joseph Loschmidt
Austrian chemist
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John Ulric Nef
American chemist
Edward Frankland
Sir Edward Frankland
British scientist
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Archibald Scott Couper
Scottish chemist
Abegg, Richard Wilhelm Heinrich
Richard Wilhelm Heinrich Abegg
chemist
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Julius Stieglitz
American chemist

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