Inorganic and Applied Chemistry

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Inorganic and Applied Chemistry

Example 1- O:

Oxidation state (transition metal and main group element)

Transition metals are among other aspects characterized by the ability to appear in many oxidation states.

The transition metal osmium can be used as an example:

Os, Possibleoxidationstates of osmium: 0 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  6 , 8

It is thus seen that osmium can attain six different oxidation states. On the other hand main group elements

are generally not able to attain that many different oxidation states. Tin for example can only attain two

different oxidations states (besides from zero):

Sn, Possibleoxidationstates of tin: 0 ,  2 ,  4

The general trend is that transition metals can attain many different oxidation states which are

contradictory to main group elements that in general only can attain a few different oxidation states.

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