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Old February 4th, 2010, 10:57
Tayyab Tayyab is offline
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please explain me the oxidation state of atom
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Old February 7th, 2010, 01:04
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the oxidation state of an atom is the charge it carries when it is completely ionic. it is used interchangeably with the term "charge". the other term for it is oxidation number.
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