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well Scandium has 4s2 and 3d1 outer electrons - all the way up to copper with 4s1 3d10 and Manganese 4s2 3d5 so Scandium is pretty much limited to +3 though other states are rarely possible but Manganese can have +2 with just the s electrons removed all the way to +7 with all removed. There are just more opportunities with transition elements because of the arrangement of bonding electrons and it being energetically feasible to remove them
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What is the oxidation state of an element?
In chemistry, the oxidation state is a number assigned to an element as an indicator of the degree of oxidation of an atom in a chemical compound."The charge an element would have if it were an ion "Oxidation state is the same as the oxidation number. It is an indicator of the degree of oxidation of an atom in a chemical compound.
What is the oxidation state of each element in SO3 -2?
+4
What element is most likely to have an oxidation state of 2?
The highest oxidation state ever achieved by an element is +8. This oxidation state can be found in 3 elements: Osmium, Ruthenium and Xenon.The synthetic element Hassium is also expected to have this oxidation state.
How is an unknown oxidation state of an element within a compound determined?
It is determined from known oxidation states of other elements.
Element with oxidation state of -2?
The most common oxidation state of -2 would be Oxygen.
An element that may have an oxidation number of 4 or 4?
Element Phosphorus has an oxidation state of -4. No element has oxidation state of +4. Phosphorus is denoted by "P".
What is Ca element to its oxidation state.?
The oxidation state of calcium is +2.
Is element oxidation state a physical or chemical properties?
The element oxidation state is a chemical property: it is zero for all elements.
What is neon's element oxidation state?
the oxidation number is 0
What determines the oxidation state of an element?
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.
What is the oxidation state of elemental mercury Hg?
Oxidation state of any element in its elemental state is 0
What is the element Mercury major oxidation state?
Mercury's most common oxidation state is +2
What is the highest valency element?
The highest oxidation state for an element is +7, but this is not unique to any one element: All of the halogen elements except fluorine have oxyacids with this oxidation state.
What is disproportionality?
In these reaction, an element simultaneously undergoes oxidation as well as reduction. This is possible only when the element exhibits minimum three different oxidation states and on the reactant side, it is present in an intermediate oxidation state while higher and lower oxidation states are exhibited by it in the form of products.
What is the oxidation number of a element?
all the pure elements have zero oxidation state.....
What is the oxidation state in lone elements and atoms in gases?
The oxidation state of any lone element is zero.
What is the oxidation number for I in HIO2?
if you mean iodine in its elemental state, the the oxidation state is zero, as for any element in its elemental state, the oxidation state is always zero
