What is the oxidation number of each element in the compound water?



Answer:
ON of H is +1 but that of the two o atoms is -2 each.
u can also get the answer by drawing the structure of H2O
and studying the arragement of electrons abt each element.
Hydrogen 1+
Oxygen 2-

There are 2 hydrogen and one oxygen atom.

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