Hi everyone...am revising for my resit for CHM2...i seem to have forgotten how to do oxidation states... Can anyone explain why the formula for Copper(II)Carbonate is CuCO3 and not CuCO2
i work these out like this: Charge on Cu = 2+ and charge on carbonate= -1 so (2x z) = (1x y) z = 1 y = 2