Question

What do you mean by paradox of fractional oxidation number?

Answer 1

it is the only average oxidation state of element when two or more of atoms are present in different oxidation states in a given compound

Answer 2

Paradox of fractional oxidation number:

• Paradox of fractional oxidation number is that fractional oxidation number is only the average oxidation number of an element when two or more of its atoms are present in different oxidation states in a given compound.

• Fractional oxidation number displays either existence of different oxidation state of different elements in a compound or average oxidation number of an element

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