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How does the oxidation number indicate if an electron will be lost or gain by the bond in an atom?
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Oxidation number describes gain of electrons. It involves addition of oxygen and removal of hydrogen.
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When using the shorthand method for showing the electron configuration of an atom what are used to indicate the number?
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When an atom undergoes oxidation what happens to the number of neutrons?
Oxidation is a chemial reaction; the atom and the number of neutrons remains unchanged.
Is oxidation a reaction between iron water and oxygen?
No. Oxidation is the loss of electrons by an atom, or equivalently an increase in the oxidation number of that atom. Rust formation is one example of oxidation.
When an atom looses an electron what is called?
It would be a positive ion, which is called an anion. (pronounced an-ion)
Why alkali metals do not show 2 oxidation state?
Because they have only one electron in their valency shell. The second oxidation state would require the atom to lose an electron from its penultimate shell which is full.
How does the oxidation number indicate if an electron will be lost or gained?
If an atom loses electron, then it will have a positive oxidation number. If an atom gains electron, then it will have a negative oxidation number.
Oxidation number is the same as?
The oxidation number is the same as the charge that the atom has. If the atom usually loses an electron, then it is losing a negative charge and having more positive making it a + 1. If the atom loses two electrons, then the oxidation number would be +2. The same thing with gaining electrons, then there would be more negative charges then positive. If the atom gains one electron, then the oxidation number would be - 1. If the atom gains two electrons, then the oxidation number would be - 2. I hope that this was helpful.
What does and element's oxidation number indicate?
An element's oxidation number indicates how many electrons an atom has gained, lost, or shared to become stable.
What is Removing an electron from an atom called?
The process of removing an electron from something is called either oxidation or ionization. Ionization is the process of converting an atom or molecule by changing the number of electrons. In certain chemical reactions, the oxidation state of an atom or molecule is changed, and this is known as oxidation. See more details in the Web Links to the left of this answer.
What is a positive oxidation number?
Positive oxidation number implies that electrons are generally lost by the element.
When using the shorthand method for showing the electron configuration of an atom what are used to indicate the number?
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What is meant by oxidation number of an atom?
The oxidation number of an atom describes the number of electrons that an element has partially/entirely accepted/donated. A neutral atom has oxidation number of 0. When forming an ion, the overall oxidation number is equivalent to its charge.
Oxidation in terms of oxidation number?
Oxidation number increases when the atom is oxidised, and decreases when it is reduced
What is the used to determine the number of each atom in an ionic formula?
Oxidation state is what determines the number of each atom. This is in the ionic formula.
What is the oxidation number of Br2?
Each Br atom has an oxidation number of zero.
When an atom undergoes oxidation what happens to the number of neutrons?
Oxidation is a chemial reaction; the atom and the number of neutrons remains unchanged.
What is the oxidation number of each atom in Kl?
Pottasium has +1 oxidation number.Iodine has -1 oxidation number.
