Allison Schweiger
10/30/2012 10:03:18 am
what is the case that oxygen's oxidation number isn't -2?
Ben Evans
10/31/2012 08:27:19 am
So oxidation is a theoretical representation of covalent bonds, showing the most likely location of the shared electron(s)?
Lee Muglia
11/4/2012 01:17:03 am
This sounds like a bad question, but are the oxidation states have the minus sign (-) or plus sign (+) before or after the number? When we talk about the charges of the ions in class, we have used the signs after the numbers (2-). Is this the same for oxidation states or is like, (-2). I was also confused about the example about OH-. Wouldn't hydrogen have a 2+ or +2 charge instead of 1+ or +1 because hydrogen needs 2 electrons to fill the valance orbit?
Bailey Ernst
11/5/2012 09:21:31 am
Mr. Rourke has said to put the charges like 2+. I do not think it matters, people just have their certain preferences.
Rourke
11/8/2012 12:34:22 pm
For ionic charges, we put the number first, i.e. 2-. Leave a Reply. | ArchivesSeptember 2013 Categories |
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