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Give the oxidation numbers for the following species:

H2,  Se8,  P4,  O,  U,  As4,  B12.\mathrm{H_2,\;Se_8,\;P_4,\;O,\;U,\;As_4,\;B_{12}.}

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The oxidation number of a pure element is 0.

H20\begin{align*} \overset{\textcolor{#c34632}{0}}{\mathrm{H_2}} \end{align*}

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