CHEM114 oxidation number rules

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Pure element

zero

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monatomic ion

charge on the ion

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each oxygen atom in all compounds of oxygen

-2 (except peroxides, superoxides, and F2O)

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each hydrogen atom in all compounds of hydrogen

+1 (except metal hydrides -1)

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uncharged molecule

total oxidation number equals zero

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polyatomic ion

total oxidation number equals the charge on the ion