Oxidation Number Rules
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Re: Oxidation Number Rules
I think it's always nice to remember those "essential" ones, like how free elements always have 0, oxygen is typically 2- in compounds, hydrogen is 1+, or ox number typically equals charge of a monoatomic ion. There's ~5 more I believe, so I think having the idea behind those wouldn't be bad too. Not sure how Lavelle would present those on a test; I'll guess we'll probably have to memorize them like the rules for coordination compounds.
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Re: Oxidation Number Rules
I think that once you do a lot of practice with them you eventually learn how to apply them so there is no need to memorize them.
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Re: Oxidation Number Rules
Are there any oxidation numbers of specific compounds that would be helpful to know?
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Re: Oxidation Number Rules
I think it'd be best to memorize most of them so that when you're working with the half reactions, it'll be easier to calculate and solve.
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Re: Oxidation Number Rules
You should memorize the oxidation numbers of common polyatomic ions like phosphate and sulfate because these are definitely fair game.
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