Oxidation number of sodium in sodium
amalgam is -
(1) + 2
(2) + 1
(3)–2
(4) Zero
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Mercury in Sodium Amalgum even though it is usually +1 would have an oxidation number of -1, as. Mercury is less electropositive, or less likely to donate electrons than Sodium , it takes on the -1 charge in this case. The sum of oxidation numbers in a neutral compound should always add up to zero
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