Oxidation Numbers

Question 1

How can oxidation numbers be used?

Answer 1

By chemists to keep track of how electrons are being used in bonding

Question 2

What is the oxidation number of an atom?

Answer 2

Number of electrons an atom uses to bond with atoms of another element

Question 3

What is the oxidation number of oxygen when bonding to fluorine?

Answer 3

+2

Question 4

What happens when elements have more than one stable oxidation number?

Answer 4

Element’s oxidation number is included in compound name or ion as Roman numeral, without it, element’s oxidation state is unknown

Question 5

Which metals form ions with different oxidation numbers?

Answer 5

Most commonly transition metals

Question 6

What are oxyanions?

Answer 6

Negative ions containing an element with oxygen