reduction and oxidation

[phixion]

which is being reduced and which is being oxidized? by the way an explanation would be of great help.....

energy+CO2+H2 > CH2O+H2O

sorry i couldnt figure out how to subscript.

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[Tall_James]

chemistry makes my head hurt. that is chemistry, isn't it? Christ I'm stupid.

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[Melrapuo]

think OIL RIG:

Oxidation Involves Loss
Reduction Involves Gain

Whichever is gaining an election is reducing, and whichever is losing an electron is oxidizing. It's been a year since chem though, so i can't figure out which is which.

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[Mike Teacher]

nuh uh

no way

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[TooCute]

Well, it's called "oxidation". Think about what that might mean.

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[phixion]

reduction- acceptance of an electron
oxidation- loss of an electron

im guessing the hydrogen gets oxydized but i need an explanation, i have a test on tuesday.

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[TooCute]

Google reduction oxidation or redox - you will find a ton of websites explaining what it is with many examples.

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[Mike Teacher]

Well, it's called "oxidation".


Too Cute is quite Correct, but Chemistry can be confusing, because in Redox equations, it doesn't have to be the Oxygen that's oxidizing. Illogical and counter-intuitive? Yep.

the term is an anachronism.



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[TooCute]

Mike : That's the second time you've used the word "anachronism" in a post where it made no sense to me. I dunna think i' means what you think it means!
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I was simply pointing out - if you get confused - think about what happens with oxygen is involved. I always remembered it by what happens when iron rusts - it is oxidized - and as things rust, they lose mass, right? The iron is being oxidized and losing electrons to the oxygen. Like I said: google. You'll find a million examples.

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[DarkHippie]

I dunna think i' means what you think it means!
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[Crippler]

I dunna think i' means what you think it means!
"Never go in against Too Cute, when oxidation is on the line"

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[Mike Teacher]

HELP!!! Too Cute has a Sword at my Throat. Arrrgh!... blarrrrghhh.....

Anachronism:

2: a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially : one from a former age that is incongruous in the present.

This is what i found on the AOL dictionary. I'm pretty sure I'm using it correctly, in this case.

Yep; rust = oxidation. But they kept the term 'oxidation' for ALL reactions involving e- loss in Redox Reactions. Back in the day Oxidation meant a reaction with Oxygen; and it's no longer Always with oxygen. Hence, it's out of place, in a temporal sense. Old Fashioned, if you will?

Anyway, the cool thing is that while we need oxygen to live, and it's a terribly corrosive gas.

And Too Cute, I'm 40, by definition, an Anachronism. I'm So OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This message was edited by Mike Teacher on 10-5-03 @ 11:50 PM

[Bob Impact]

I seem to remember in Biology class the professor saying that Oxidation involves adding Hydrogen and Reduction involves reducing Hydrogen.