Oxidation and Reduction

oxidation  Oxidation reactions involve a substance reacting with oxygen, which produces an oxide This means they have oxygen as one of their reactants close reactantThe Oxidation definition: the process or result of oxidizing See examples of OXIDATION used in a sentence

oxidation number · 1 The oxidation number of an atom is zero in a neutral substance that contains atoms of only one element · 2 The oxidation number of For a neutral compound : the sum of the oxidation states must be O For a polyatomic ion : the sum of the oxidation states must equal the charge of the ion

oxidation involves many other chemically metastable species and more detail on this is given in Chapter 6 Reaction shows oxidation of the disulfide Oxidation is loss of electrons, gain of oxygen or loss of hydrogen Reduction is gain of electrons, loss of oxygen or gain or hydrogen Rusting is an example of