Meaning oxidation number
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oxidation number


A convention for representing a charge of an atom embedded within a compound, if the compound were purely ionic. For example, H2O is a covalent compound; if it were ionic, the hydrogens would be H+ (o [..]
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oxidation number


See IUPAC INORGANIC RULES (1970), Rule 0.1; IUPAC INORGANIC NOMENCLATURE (1990), Rules I-5.5.2 and I-10.2.7. See also oxidation
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oxidation number


A number assigned to each atom to help keep track of the electrons during a redox-reaction.
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oxidation number


number used to keep track of the redistribution of electrons during chemical reactions. The sum of the oxidation numbers of all atoms in a neutral compound is zero.
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