What is the oxidation number of S in H2SO3?

1 Answer
Apr 16, 2018

+4

Explanation:

We start of by giving the oxidation number for hydrogen and oxygen, since we know these already.
So we have 2 hydrogen which each has a charge of +1, and we have 3 oxygen which each has a charge of -2. If we cancel these out we would have that sulfur should have a charge of +4 to give a total charge of 0.