GK QUESTION#3379
In the traditional naming convention that distinguishes argentous from argentic silver, which listed oxidation state is associated with argentic silver?
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D. + 2
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In the traditional usage intended here, argentous refers to silver(I) and argentic to bivalent silver, silver(II). The corresponding oxidation state is +2. Modern Stock notation, silver(II), states this directly; valency and signed oxidation state should not be treated as identical quantities in every chemical context.