Subject: concerning the oxidation numbers in sodiumtetrathionate
Date: Mon Apr 23 08:25:49 2001
Posted by Ian
Grade level: undergrad
School: Impngton village colledge 6th form
City: cambridge State/Province: na
Country: england
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 988028749.Ch
Message:
i cant figure out the oxidation state of sulphur in the tetrathionate ion (as
in sodium tetrathionate) the only answer i can work out is +2.5, is this right
as in my understanding you can only have integer values as oxidation numbers.
Re: concerning the oxidation numbers in sodiumtetrathionate
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