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Potassium superoxide
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I would think that the oxidation state of oxygen is -1/2.
Just checked... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superoxide states it is -1/2 for oxygen.
dsoz
Just checked... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superoxide states it is -1/2 for oxygen.
dsoz
You should know that the superoxide ion is O2-.
You should also know that potassium will exist as K+ in an ionic compound and so will have an oxidation state of +1.
Using either of these two fact it can be deduced that the oxidation state of oxygen in the compound is -1/2.
You should also know that potassium will exist as K+ in an ionic compound and so will have an oxidation state of +1.
Using either of these two fact it can be deduced that the oxidation state of oxygen in the compound is -1/2.
The charge of superoxide is always -1 but the oxidation state of each oxygen atom individually within superoxide is -1/2.
