the oxidation number of phosphorus acid
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30th Nov, 2019
Hello Harika,
The oxidation state or oxidation number basically means the total number of electrons that an atom either gains or loses to form a chemical bond with another atom.
Phosphorus has more than one oxidation number. These are -3,+3 and +5.
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30th Nov, 2019
Hi,
Your questions is not so clear, aa far as I can understand you want to ask the oxidation number of phosphorous in phosphoric acid
Answer is + 5
Phosphorous occur in its higher oxidation state .
Oxygen has an oxidation state of -2 .
Hope u got ur answer
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