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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=chemistry">chemistry</a>, the <b>oxidation state</b>, or <b>oxidation number</b>, is the hypothetical <a href="page.php?w=Electrical_charge">charge</a> of an atom if all of its <a href="page.php?w=Chemical_bond">bonds</a> to other atoms are fully <a href="page.php?w=Ionic_bond">ionic</a>. It describes the degree of <a href="page.php?w=oxidation">oxidation</a> (loss of <a href="page.php?w=electron">electron</a>s) of an <a href="page.php?w=atom">atom</a> in a <a href="page.php?w=chemical_compound">chemical compound</a>. Conceptually,</p><p>
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