Answer
-2
Work Step by Step
Hydrogen Sulfide, H2S. Hydrogen is +1 and there are two of them so we have +2. The sum of the oxidation states must be 0 since H2S is uncharged so we have:
+2 + oxidation state Sulfur = 0
Oxidation State Sulfur = -2
Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)
by Brown, Theodore E.; LeMay, H. Eugene; Bursten, Bruce E.; Murphy, Catherine; Woodward, Patrick; Stoltzfus, Matthew E.
Published by
Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
0321910419
ISBN 13:
978-0-32191-041-7
Chapter 4 - Reactions in Aqueous Solution - Exercises - Page 159: 4.48d
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