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Definition of Oxidation number
1. Noun. 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. "The oxidation number of hydrogen is +1 and of oxygen is -2"
Definition of Oxidation number
1. Noun. (chemistry) The net sum of the negative, less the positive, charges on an atom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Oxidation number
1. The number of electrons necessary to restore an atom in a combined state to its elemental form. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidation Number
Literary usage of Oxidation number
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1906)
"Chem. News, Oct. 27, 1905, 202 ; from Ber. d. D. Chem. Ges., 1905, No. 12.
Milk—Valuation by Means of an oxidation number. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1906)
"Chem. News, Oct. 27, 1905, 202 ; from Her. d. D. Chem. Ges., 1905, No. 12.
Milk—Valuation by Means of an oxidation number. ..."
3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1902)
"The marcasite with the lowest oxidation number is therefore not the purest.
The specimen No. 12 from Weardale was the purest examined, and I incline ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Since, even when a lanthanide ion is combined with a strongly reducing anión,
its observed formal oxidation number is generally not less than two, ..."
5. Stabilization of Arsenic Wastes by Max Taylor, Robert Fuessle (1995)
"5.5 Arsenite stabilization 5.5.1 Ferrous and Ferric Sulfate Stabilization To
investigate the effect of arsenic oxidation number on stabilization, ..."
6. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1901)
"Carefully selected portions of the mineral, as free as possible from foreign
substances, gave the "oxidation number " 6~>. that of pyrite being 60, ..."
7. The Occurrence and Distribution of Corundum in the United States, by Joseph Hyde Pratt (1901)
"Carefully selected portions of the mineral, as free as possible from foreign
substances, gave the "oxidation number " 6.">, that of pyrite being 60, ..."
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