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what is oxidation number

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Answered by rohanjhajhria7878

a number assigned to an element in chemical combination which represents the number of electrons lost (or gained, if the number is negative), by an atom of that element in the compound.

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Oxidation number, also called oxidation state, the total number of electrons that an atom either gains or loses in order to form a chemical bond with another atom.

Answered by kkiruthiya85

A number assigned to an element in chemical combination which represents the number of electrons lost by an atom of that element in the compound.

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