Rules Of Oxidation-Reduction Reactions And Electrochemistry Flashcards
Rule 2: the oxidation number of a monatomic (one-atom) ion is…
Equal to its charge.
Rule 3: hydrogen has an oxidation number of…
+1 in most of its compounds.
Rule 4: oxygen is assigned an oxidation number of…
-2 in most of its compounds.
Rule 5: halogens in their compounds are assigned an oxidation number of…
-1 unless they are bonded to a more electronegative halogen or to oxygen.
Rule 6: alkali metals (group 1), and alkaline earth metals (group 2), and aluminum (group 13) in their positive compounds have positive…
Oxidation numbers equal to the number of valence electrons in the neutral atom.
Rule 7: the algebraic sum of the oxidation numbers of all atoms in a molecule or polyatomic ion must equal…
The charge on that particle.
Rule 1: zero is the number of any…
Element in its uncombined state.
