Oxidation state
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oxidation-state-177-14856092
title:
Oxidation state
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In chemistry, the oxidation state, or oxidation number, is the hypothetical charge of an atom if all of its bonds to other atoms were fully ionic. It describes the degree of oxidation of an atom in a chemical compound. Conceptually, the oxidation state may be positive, negative or zero. Beside nearly-pure ionic bonding, many covalent bonds exhibit a strong ionicity, making oxidation state a useful predictor of charge. The oxidation state of an atom does not represent the "real" charge on that at
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Hypothetical charge of an atom if all its bonds to different atoms were fully ionic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidation_state
date created:
2002-02-09T13:58:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T17:32:35Z
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