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Redox |
A chemical reaction when one substance is reduced while the other is oxidised |
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Reduction |
A loss of oxygen or gain of electrons of substance in a chemical reaction |
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Oxidation |
A gain of oxygen or loss of electrons by a substance in a chemical reaction |
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Oxidised |
Describes a substance that has gained oxygen or lost electrons in a chemical reaction |
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Reduced |
Describes a substance that has lost oxygen or gained electrons in a chemical reaction |
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Oxidizing agent |
A substance that oxidized another substance by donating oxygen or by gaining free electrons |
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Reducing agent |
A substance that reduces a substance by accepting oxygen or by donating electrons. |
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Half equations |
A type of chemical equation that models only one reactant during the course of a reaction. |
