Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321910419
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-041-7

Chapter 20 - Electrochemistry - Exercises - Page 900: 20.15a

Answer

This statement is true.

Work Step by Step

Oxidation numbers themselves are hypothetical representations. However, in a redox reaction in which one element is oxidized and the other reduced, the transfer of electrons is formal.
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