Residual Valence of Various Molecules 



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TABUS III 

 Amount of residual valence 



* "a" computed from the surface tension. 



These figures speak for themselves, but a word of com- 

 ment may be made on some of them. It seems probable 

 from the greater solubility in water of oxygen and nitrogen 

 than hydrogen, that the average residual valence of a molecule 



1 C = 3.20 X io~ 37 X N 2 . 



