Lead prefers an oxidation state of +2
Tin and other elements of lower atomic number prefer +4
can anyone give me a good explanation of why this is? It would be much appreciated
Cheers
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Lead prefers an oxidation state of +2
Tin and other elements of lower atomic number prefer +4
can anyone give me a good explanation of why this is? It would be much appreciated
Cheers
The theory is that it's to do with filled and unfilled 'outermost' shells (s, p, d and f?), but as for how this works, buggered if I know. Remember reading a frightfully cogent and comprehensive account of this in a '60s textbook/pop-science book by the late great Isaac Asimov.
Yeh i asked my chemistry teacher
and he didnt explain just said it was to do with size of the atoms
relative to eachother.
dont need to know it for A levels so should be ok just a bit of unexplained knowledge.
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