Question

can oxidation number be in fraction

Answer 1

Yes.
The oxidation states are usually in wholenumbers, but in some cases, they are infractional numbers. Consider Fe3O4. In most cases, atoms of the same element in a given compound have the same oxidation states, but each atom can have a different state than the other.

Answer 2

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The individual oxidation numbers of an element in a compound can never be a fraction.However, the average oxidation number of an element in a compound can be a fraction.we found it by summing the different oxidation number of an element and dividing it by the total number of the atoms of that element present in compound.


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