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Categories: Dimensionless numbers of chemistry, long volume value, Redox, Chemical properties, Chemical nomenclature
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oxidation number  oxidation state  Elementary state  List of oxidation numbers by element  List of oxidation states
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The degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule; for simple atoms or ions the oxidation number is equal to the ionic charge WordNet 3.0
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In chemistry, the oxidation state, or oxidation number, is the hypothetical charge of an atom if all of its bonds to other atoms were fully ionic. Wikipedia
Number that describes degree of oxidation of an atom in a chemical compound; the hypothetical charge that an atom would have if all bonds to atoms of different elements were fully ionic Wikidata
The state of an atom having a particular oxidation number. Wiktionary
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The oxidation number of hydrogen is +1 and of oxygen is -2 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet