Question

+6 oxidation state example

Answer 1

We know that oxygen's atomic number is 8, which means it will have 8 electrons.

Hence its electronic configuration = 2,6

It means that oxygen has 6 valence electrons in its outermost shell.

So it can have either -2 charge or +6 charge.

In this way you can think many more elements like sulphur which have -2 or +6 charge on them.

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