Oxidation Numbers

Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

assign oxidation numbers to elements in compounds, including transition metals in complexes
identify the oxidant and the reductant in a redox reaction

Textbook and eBook References

Section 12.1 (in Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley))

Rules for assigning oxidation numbers (in ChemWiki)

Lecture Notes, Tutorial Worksheets & Answers and Suggested Exam Questions

A/Prof Clarke's lecture notes (weeks 8-13) You need to login to eLearning to access lecture notes.
Homework Problem Sheet 7
Answers to Homework Problem Sheet 7

ChemCAL, iChem and Contributed Resources

Oxidation Numbers
Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Oxidation numbers
Contributed by Adam Bridgeman