7778912083 | OILRIG | oxidation is loss, reduction is gain | 0 | |
7778915136 | an oxidizing agent as it promotes oxidation: oxidizing agents: in the process, they become | it causes a species to become oxidized by losing an e accept e reduced | 1 | |
7778926578 | a reducing agent causes a species to be: reducing agents achieve this by: in the process, they become | reduced by gaining an e donating an electron oxidized | 2 | |
7778938474 | examples of oxidizing agents | Chlorine manganate dichromate oxygen H+ non-metals gain electrons and are good oxidizing agents | 3 | |
7778945618 | examples of reducing agents: | zinc metal hydrogen gas tin metal metals are good reducing agents as they give up e | 4 | |
7778955004 | half equation | equations that shwo electrons either being lost or gained full: 2K + Cl2 --> KCL half: Cl2 + 2e --> 2Cl | 5 | |
7778969959 | if during a reaction the oxidation number of an element becomes ____, then the element has been oxidized and vice-versa | positive | 6 | |
7778973108 | Oxidation number the number of electrons that an atom: if the atom gains, or tends to gain electrons: if there is no change: in the case of a simple ion: in the case of covalent bonds: | loses or tends to lose in a reaction oxid # is negative hasn't taken part in the redox oxidation number of the species is equal to the ionic charge oxidation number is the charge the species would develop if compound was ionic | 7 | |
7779003792 | oxidation number of sulfur in SO3 | +6 | 8 | |
7779003793 | Oxygen in SO2 | -2 | 9 | |
7780156557 | disproportionation | a reaction where there is a simultaneous oxidation and reduction of one species | 10 | |
7780161334 | the easiest way to understand and track the transfer of electrons in a reaction is the use of: | oxidation # | 11 | |
7780167169 | synthesis | a reaction where a compound is formed by the reaction of simple materials, but sometimes by two compounds | 12 | |
7780173931 | decomposition | a reaction where a compound is broken down into simpler substances | 13 | |
7780180829 | single displacment | a reaction where an atom or ion in a compound is displaced by an atom or ion of another element | 14 | |
7780191553 | Activity series: metals are arranged according to the ability to _____ ______, the most reactive at the top a metal relatively high in the series will displace one below it from a solution of its ions but the reverse is not possible | displace hydrogen | 15 | |
7780199132 | 4 elements below hydrogen | Cu, Ag, Pt, Au | 16 | |
7780200851 | Combustion | a hydrocarbon that reacts with oxygen | 17 | |
7780285680 | biochemical reactions | metabolism of sugar/fats/protein leads to production of energy | 18 |
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