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Old March 27th, 2006, 00:14
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Originally Posted by guanine
I've never heard of an oxidation state that isn't an interger. :? :?: If there can be non-interger oxidation states, please inform me. I'm gonna ask my teacher about it as well.
I asked my teacher and she said that it is possible for an element to have an oxidation number which is not an integer.