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Valency and Oxidation State

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Give the oxidation state of underlined.
$H_{2} S - - O_{5}$ .

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Hydrogen has +1 oxidation number.Two oxygen atoms are linked through peroxide linkage so they have -1 oxidation number and other 3 oxygen atoms have -2 oxidation number. Let sulphur has $x$ oxidation number so,
$x + 2 (- 1) + 3 (- 2) + 2 (+ 1) = 0$
$x = + 6$

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