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help construct an equation !

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Can anyone help me to construct an equation for the decomposition of ClO-1 ion to release oxygen gas ? :(
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just wrote:Can anyone help me to construct an equation for the decomposition of ClO-1 ion to release oxygen gas ? :(
Here it is:
2ClO-1 = 2Cl-1 + O2
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Thanks ya. But really am not sure of that equation since my tutor had told that the Cl in that ion(product) is +1.Ccould u please clarify that too?
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oxidation state of Cl

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just wrote:Thanks ya. But really am not sure of that equation since my tutor had told that the Cl in that ion(product) is +1.Ccould u please clarify that too?
Cl has oxidation state of +1 in the reagent ClO-1 and -1 in the product Cl-1.
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