Oxidation - Reduction

Objectives

• Define oxidation and reduction in terms of loss and gain of oxygen or electrons
• State the characteristics of a redox reaction

Vocabulary: oxidation reduction reactions - redox reactions - oxidation - reduction - reducing agent - oxidizing agent

Objectives

• Determine the oxidation number of an atom or substance
• Define oxidation and reduction in terms of a change in oxidation number

Vocabulary: oxidation number

Objectives

Define two classes of chemical reactions

Explain how to balance redox equations

Vocabulary: oxidation-reduction - half reaction