The SUM of the individual oxidation states of chromium and the oxygen atoms in dichromate anion is equal to the charge on the ion. And thus 2xxCr_"oxidation number"+7xxO_"oxidation number"=-2.
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Explanation: By definition, the oxidation number of an atom involved in a chemical bond, is the charge it WOULD have if we conceive the bonding to be ionic, break the bond conceptually, and distribute the charge, i.e. the two electrons of the covalent bond, to the most electronegative atom...
The oxidation number of sodium in a compound is +1. The oxidation number of oxygen in a compound is usually –2. The sum of all oxidation numbers in a compound is zero.
The oxidation number of sulphur is +6. The sum of oxidation number of all atoms in the compound is 0. The oxidation number of hydrogen is +1. The oxidation number of oxygen is -2. Let the oxidation number of sulphur be x. So, 2 (1) + x + 4 (-2) = 0 2 + x - 8 = 0 x - 6 = 0 x = +6 Thus, the oxidation number of sulphur is +6.
Oxidation number is the charge left on the central atom when all the bonding pairs of electrons are removed with the charge assigned to the MOST electronegative atom. Now oxygen is a more electronegative atom than sulfur, and when we do this for SO_3 we get S^ (6+) + 3xxO^ (2-). and SO_3 is thus formally the acid anhydride of H_2SO_4.