Why is it important to specify the oxidation state of the iron oxide in a specific problem?

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anor277
Jun 5, 2017

Why not?

Explanation:

All of the given oxides are known; rust chemistry is a very broad church, and #Fe_3O_4# is a mixed oxidation state oxide, i.e. #FeO*Fe_2O_3#, i.e. #stackrel(+II)"Fe/"stackrel(+III)"Fe"#.

Sometimes, when you do a problem, the iron oxide will be specified.

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