Why sulphur shows more oxidation state than oxygen?
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Oxygen is the most abundant element on this planet. The earth's crust is 46.6% oxygen by weight, the oceans are 86% oxygen by weight, and the atmosphere is 21% oxygen by volume. The name oxygen comes from the Greek stems oxys, "acid," and gennan, "to form or generate." Thus, oxygen literally means "acid former." This name was introduced by Lavoisier, who noticed that compounds rich in oxygen, such as SO2 and P4O10, dissolve in water to give acids.
The electron configuration of an oxygen atom [He] 2s2 2p4 suggests that neutral oxygen atoms can achieve an octet of valence electrons by sharing two pairs of electrons to form an O=O double bond
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