the number of covalent bonds that a particular atom can make with other atoms in forminga molecule
Derived forms
covalent (coˈvalent)
adjective
covalently (coˈvalently)
adverb
Examples of 'covalency' in a sentence
covalency
For uranium hexahalides, degeneracy-driven covalency was found to anti-correlate with bond stability.
Jonathan Tanti, Meghan Lincoln, Andy Kerridge 2018, 'Decomposition of d- and f-Shell Contributions to Uranium Bonding from the QuantumTheory of Atoms in Molecules: Application to Uranium and Uranyl Halides', Inorganicshttp://www.mdpi.com/2304-6740/6/3/88. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The covalency factor (β) and orbital reduction factor (k) suggest the covalent nature of the complexes.
Monika Tyagi, Sulekh Chandra, Prateek Tyagi, Jameel Akhtar, Arvind Kandan, BaleswarSingh 2017, 'Synthesis, characterization and anti-fungal evaluation of Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexeswith a derivative of 4-aminoantipyrine', Journal of Taibah University for Sciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658365515001788. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Furthermore, more diffuse 5f orbitals than lanthanide 4f ones (more covalency) could lead to stronger magnetic super-exchange.
Lotfi Belkhiri, Boris Le Guennic, Abdou Boucekkine 2019, 'DFT Investigations of the Magnetic Properties of Actinide Complexes', Magnetochemistryhttps://www.mdpi.com/2312-7481/5/1/15. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)