Oxidation states of chlorine
What Oxidation states of chlorine means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Chlorine is in oxidation state 1⁺ in HClO, 1⁻ in HCl, and 0 in Cl₂.
Chlorine has oxidation state 0 in Cl₂, 1⁺ in ClO⁻ and 1⁻ in Cl⁻.
Topics that use Oxidation states of chlorine
- The halogens (OCR A-Level)
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