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Related Terms:
mercurous
vanadous
cuprous
mercuric
negative
periodic acid
ferrous
selenide
oxidation state
chloric
net
atom
ferryl
vanadic
ferric
phosphoric
cupric
charge
chlorous
palladous
subvalent
redox reaction
sum
positive
comproportionation
perchloric acid
Definitions:
Noun
oxidation number
oxidation state
Definition: the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge; "the oxidation number of hydrogen is +1 and of oxygen is -2"
Definition: The hypothetical charge of an atom within a molecule.