Answer
Using Werner’s definition of valence, primary valence is the same as oxidation number.
Work Step by Step
Oxidation number can also be used for the charge of cation or anion, which is the valence number of the ion.
Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)
by Brown, Theodore E.; LeMay, H. Eugene; Bursten, Bruce E.; Murphy, Catherine; Woodward, Patrick; Stoltzfus, Matthew E.
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Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
0321910419
ISBN 13:
978-0-32191-041-7
Chapter 23 - Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry - Exercises - Page 1033: 23.21a
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