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Inorganic arsenic exists primarily in two valence states: arsenite (As III ) and arsenate (As V , or the arsenate ion AsO 4 3-).
After all, that's the symbolic valence of the scandal: Just as bulimic Diana was a people's princess driven to vomit up the monarchy, gullible Monica is the citizen seduced and abandoned by an untrustworthy, poll-driven presidency.
Calcium has a valence of 2, so it can substitute in many a molecule for two atoms of potassium, sodium, or hydrogen, or some combination of them; its name derives from Latin calx , which means both lime—the substance, not the fruit—and heelbone.
We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to show that the ability to change behaviour based on facial expression is not reflected in the activity of the fusiform face area (which invariably appears to reflect only identity and not valence), but that general reversal learning is specifically correlated with activity in the lateral orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate/paracingulate cortices (as well as other brain areas, including the ventral striatum and the inferior precentral sulcus) (Kringelbach and Rolls 2003).
A common substitute for sodium when the latter is contraindicated (e.g. for heart conditions) is potassium (from potash), whose valence is also 1 and whose symbol is K, from late Latin kalium , a word of dubious etymology.