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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.
Inorganic arsenic exists primarily in two valence states: arsenite (As III ) and arsenate (As V , or the arsenate ion AsO 4 3-).
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.
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.
Because it has the same number of free electrons as hydrogen, sodium is useful in a great many compounds as a substitute for one of the two atoms of hydrogen (also valence 1) in a variety of acids.