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What are the oxidation numbers of carbon and oxygen in CO?

What are the oxidation numbers of carbon and oxygen in CO?

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Aarti Gupta
askIITians Faculty 300 Points
10 years ago
The oxidation no. of oxygen is -2 as it takes 2 electrons.Now for carbon it can be calculated as:
The charge on CO = 0
x + (-2)*1= 0
x -2 = 0
therefore,
x = +2 thus oxidation no. for c = +2 , and for o = -2 in CO
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Aarti Gupta
askiitians Faculty

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