How do you relate electron configuration with oxidation state?
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Oxidation numbers are not so much related to electron configuration as they are to the polarity of the bonds to the atoms. Consider a carbon atom, for example. It could either accept or give away four electrons in order to gain a noble gas configuration.
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Oxidation numbers are not so much related to electron configuration as they are to the polarity of the bonds to the atoms. Consider a carbon atom, for example. It could either accept or give away four electrons in order to gain a noble gas configuration.
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