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Offline bravoghost

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Stability of Iron Oxidation States
« on: February 11, 2012, 05:55:47 PM »
Why would Iron typically have oxidation states of +2 and +3? I would think Fe would want to lose only 1 electron so it would have one electron in each of its 5 d-orbitals.
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Offline JustinCh3m

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Re: Stability of Iron Oxidation States
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 06:52:40 PM »
Research just how CLOSE in energy the 4s and 3d orbitals are...
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