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Download Solution PDFWhat is the chemical formula of Hydrogen peroxide?
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AP High Court Assistant Examiner 28 Nov 2021 Shift 3 (Official Paper)
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Option 2 : H2O2
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Download Solution PDF- H2O2 is Hydrogen peroxide.
- 2 oxygen atoms are there in a molecule of hydrogen peroxide.
- Peroxides are compounds having one oxygen bonded to another oxygen with linkage O-O.
- In the compound Hydrogen peroxide, there is two Hydrogen atom which says that there are two negative charges balanced by two positive charges of Hydrogen ions.
- Hence the overall charge carried by two oxygen atoms is -2.
- In that respect, as the molecule is neutral as a whole, we can say that each oxygen carries a charge.
- = -2/2 = -1.
- Hence, the oxidation number of oxygen in H2O2 is -1.
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