# oxidation number

> number that describes degree of oxidation of an atom in a chemical compound; the hypothetical charge that an atom would have if all bonds to atoms of different elements were fully ionic

**Wikidata**: [Q484152](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484152)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidation_state)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/oxidation-number


## References

1. Quora
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)