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Offline Abder-Rahman

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Oxidation number of O
« on: February 12, 2011, 05:38:44 AM »
If Oxygen (O) was a pure element, it O.N would be ZERO. Is that right?

But, what is the O.N for (O) in O2?

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Re: Oxidation number of O
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2011, 05:51:01 AM »
It will be 0  ;)

O2 is a pure oxygen after all.

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