pentavalent
IPA: pˈɛntɪvˈeɪɫʌnt
adjective
- (chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 5.
- (medicine) Having a vaccine valence of 5.
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Examples of "pentavalent" in Sentences
- It has two pentavalent carbon atoms.
- Bismuth forms trivalent and pentavalent compounds.
- As it is now, it has two pentavalent carbon atoms.
- Other pentavalent dopants are antimony and bismuth.
- The catalyst is tetravalent or pentavalent vanadium.
- They are also called 'pentavalent antimony compounds'.
- Resistance to pentavalent antimonials is spreading in parts of India.
- It belongs to a group of compounds known as the pentavalent antimonials.
- A dopant with five valence electrons is also called a pentavalent impurity.
- For these reasons, one must assume the existence of pentavalent nitrogen in the diazonium salts, in order to account for their basic properties.
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