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16
Oxidation Numbers
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16.1
Assigning Oxidation Numbers
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16.2
Using Oxidation Numbers in
Naming Compounds
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16.3
Periodic Variation of Oxidation
Numbers
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16.4
Balancing Oxidation-Reduction
Equations
Rust
Review Clues
Objectives
Section 16.1
Sections 5.1, 5.3, 5.5
16.1
To assign oxidation numbers to
elements based on the formula of a
compound or polyatomic ion
Section 16.2
Section 6.2
Section 16.3
Sections 5.3, 6.1
16.2
To use oxidation numbers in naming
compounds
Section 16.4
Sections 8.2, 8.3, Chapter 9
16.3
To predict possible oxidation numbers
of an element from its position in the
periodic table and to use those numbers
to predict possible formulas for its
compounds
16.4
To use a systematic method to balance
equations in which oxidation numbers
change
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