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Carbon through Lead, the Tetrels

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Inorganic Reactions in Water

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Oxidation numbers in the simplest compounds: (−IV), (−II), (0), (II), (IV), as in CH4, CH3OH, CH2O, CO and CO2. Most of these, however, are well described with the older concept of valence, usually four. Still, oxidation number provides one needed criterion for sequencing here.

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(2007). Carbon through Lead, the Tetrels. In: Inorganic Reactions in Water. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73962-3_15

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