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- Configuration and Possible Oxidation States of Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a diatomic gas with 1 electron and 1 proton. It has no neutron in its nucleus. The electronic structure and the shell configuration of hydrogen are given below.
Electronic structure: \( \scriptsize _{1}^{1}\textrm{H} = 1S^1\)
Hydrogen shows an oxidation state of +1 in most of its compounds. For example, the oxidation number of hydrogen is +1 in HCl, H2SO4 and H2O. Hydrogen shows the oxidation state of -1 in metallic hydrides – sodium hydrides, magnesium hydrides and so on.
Hydrogen is diatomic and the oxidation state is +1