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The oxidation number of sodium is +1. It is in the first group, which means it has one valence electron. In a reaction, it wants to lose that electron to be stable.
Chlorine is in group 17. It easily accepts an electron from another element to fill its valence shell. As it takes one electron, its oxidation number changes to -1.
The oxidation state of an element is determined by the number of electrons the element needs to lose or gain to have a full valence electron shell.
The oxidation number for Li, or Lithium, is Li+1. Lithium is in the first family on the Periodic Table. Since the element wants to become stable, and it only it needs 8 valence electrons. So therefore, it has to lose an electron. Losing an electron will make it a positive oxidation number.
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.
Because they have one valence electrons, and if they lose this electron they attain an oxidation number of +1
The oxidation number of sodium is +1. It is in the first group, which means it has one valence electron. In a reaction, it wants to lose that electron to be stable.
Chlorine is in group 17. It easily accepts an electron from another element to fill its valence shell. As it takes one electron, its oxidation number changes to -1.
The oxidation state of an element is determined by the number of electrons the element needs to lose or gain to have a full valence electron shell.
The oxidation number for Li, or Lithium, is Li+1. Lithium is in the first family on the Periodic Table. Since the element wants to become stable, and it only it needs 8 valence electrons. So therefore, it has to lose an electron. Losing an electron will make it a positive oxidation number.
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 of F is -1.Oxidation number of O is +2.
-1. Fluorine has an atomic number of 9. It has seven valence electrons (in the 2d shell) so it gains one electron to achieve th octet- hence it has an oxidation number of -1
Yes, it can. When the element loses electron, the oxidation number increases and when it gains electron, the oxidation number decreases.
The way in which elements bond to form compounds depends on the arrangement and number of electrons in the atoms. This is what will determine the type of boding that elements will form.
Argon's valence number is 8, it has 18 electrons, and its oxidation number is 0 because it doesn't react.
Flourine has an oxidation number of -1 one because it only needs one electron to become stable ( to have neon's stractures), Hydrogen is the same thing. one electron away from being stable. oxidation numbers of elements are their electric charges on the periodic table. O2(g) has an oxidation number of 0, along with all the diatomics, Oxyden in a compound has ON of of -2, H has +1, the rest you calculate using algebra.