Redox Reactions (Grade 11 NSC Matric Physical Sciences): Flashcards
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Oxidation
Oxidation
Loss of electrons
Reduction
Reduction
Gain of electrons
Oxidation number
Oxidation number
Charge atom would have if compound was entirely ionic
Oxidation number of or
Oxidation number of or
0
Oxidation number of oxygen (usual)
Oxidation number of oxygen (usual)
-2 (peroxides: -1)
Oxidation number of hydrogen (usual)
Oxidation number of hydrogen (usual)
+1 (metal hydrides: -1)
Oxidation causes oxidation number to become
Oxidation causes oxidation number to become
More positive
Reduction causes oxidation number to become
Reduction causes oxidation number to become
More negative
Half-reaction
Half-reaction
Oxidation or reduction part of a redox reaction
OIL RIG mnemonic
OIL RIG mnemonic
Oxidation Is Loss, Reduction Is Gain (of electrons)