\▐ä-▐begz-\ n [Abegg, Richard Wilhelm Heinrich; Danish chemist, major work on chemical valence] (1869–1910) A Chemistry: For a given chemical element (as sulfur) the sum of the absolute value of its negative valence of maximum value (as −2 for sulfur in H2S) and its positive value (as +6 in H2SO4) is often equal to 8. For use in regard to a helical periodic system. This tendency is exhibited especially by the elements of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh groups and is known as Abegg's rule ((ed) (2002) General chemistry. Brookes/Cole, New York).
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Abegg's Rule. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_16
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