OXIDATIONSTATE

Oxidation state

The oxidation state, often called the oxidation number, is an indicator of the degree of oxidation of an atom in a chemical compound. The formal oxidation state is the hypothetical charge that an atom would have if all bonds to atoms of different elements were 100% ionic. Oxidation states are typically represented by integers, which can be positive, negative, or zero. In some cases, the average oxidation state of an element is a fraction, such as 8/3 for iron in magnetite . The highest known oxidation state is +8 in the tetroxides of ruthenium, xenon, osmium, iridium, hassium, plutonium, and curium, while the lowest known oxidation state ...

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oxidation state

Noun

  1. the state of an atom having a particular oxidation number


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