Chapter 10 - Oxidation and Reduction Reactions

Ore

________: naturally occurring solid compound or mixture of compounds from which a metal can be extracted.

Disproportionation

________: a**** single element undergoes both oxidation and reduction.

Lewis structure

________ can help find oxidation numbers but memorizing rules reduces time drawing ________.

Oxidation numbers

________: actual or hypothetical charges, assigned using a set of rules.

Oxidation

increase in oxidation number

Ions

________ must be taken into the present for H+ or OH−.

Half reaction

________: a balanced equation that shows the number of electrons involved in either oxidation or reduction.

Reduction

decrease in oxidation number

oxidation number

Most electronegative lament is assigned ________ equal to its ion charge.

Half reactions

________ can be added to make a redox reaction.

Oxidizing agent

a reactant that oxidizes another reactant

Reducing agent

a reactant that reduces another reactant