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What is the oxidation number of an element?

Chemistry

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tatiyna3 years ago

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Answer:

Oxidation number is the total number of electrons that an atom either gains or loses in order to form a chemical bond with another atom.

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$Moles=\frac{\text{Given mass}}{\text{Molar mass}}$

Molar mass of Carbon = 12.0 g/mol

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Moles of Hydrogen = $\frac{69.5g}{1g/mol}=69.5moles$

Moles of Oxygen = $\frac{220.2g}{16g/mol}=13.76moles$

Step 2: Dividing each mole value by the smallest number of moles calculated above and rounding it off to the nearest whole number value

Smallest number of moles = 13.76 moles

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$\text{Mole ratio of Hydrogen}=\frac{69.5moles}{13.76moles}=5.05\approx 5$

$\text{Mole ratio of Oxygen}=\frac{13.76moles}{13.76moles}=1$

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