Engineering
Chemistry
Oxidation Number and Calculation
Question
The oxidation number of nitrogen in NCl3 is
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Solution
oxidation Number - Apparent charge on an atom of an element present is molecule.
To find: - oxidation number of Nitrogen is
Solution:-
As there are 3 chlorine Atoms is
since, the sum of the oxidation numbers must be equal to 0 ,
the oxidation Mo. of Nitrogen in the compound is +3.