Carbon's Oxidation State in Diamond

Chemistry Level 1

Carbon has an oxidation state of _ _ in Diamond.


The answer is 0.

Abhiram Rao by Abhiram Rao , 18, India

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Sam Bealing
Apr 5, 2016

Carbon is bonded to 4 others in diamond so has an oxidation state of 0.

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Keerthi Reddy
Apr 27, 2016

Simply, Diamond contains only carbon atoms. So oxidation number of any element in its elementary state is 0

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Also because it is bonded to 4 others in Diamond

Abhiram Rao - 5 years, 1 month ago

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