Sum of oxidation numbers equals overall species charge
What Sum of oxidation numbers equals overall species charge means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The sum of oxidation numbers is zero for a neutral compound and the ion charge for a polyatomic ion, so an unknown value can be calculated by subtracting known contributions.
The sum of all oxidation numbers equals the overall charge: 0 for a neutral compound, the stated charge for a polyatomic ion.
Topics that use Sum of oxidation numbers equals overall species charge
- Redox (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Calculating an unknown value from known contributions
- Deducing formulae from stated oxidation numbers
- Disproportionation
- Distinguishing compounds of the same element
- Electron transfer
- Half-equations
- Ordered rules for assigning oxidation numbers
- Oxidation
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