Unit 5A - Oxidation/Reduction Reactions - AP Chemistry

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Chemistry

Chemical Reactions

AP Chemistry

Unit 5: Kinetics

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oxidation/reduction reaction

a reaction in which one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another

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oxidation

the loss of one or more electrons by an atom in a chemical reaction

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reduction

the gain of one or more electrons in a chemical reaction

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LEO the lion says GER

Loss of Electrons is Oxidation, Gain of Electrons is Reduction

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oxidizing agent

the compound or ion that causes something else to be oxidized

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reducing agent

the compound or ion that causes something else to be reduced

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oxidation number

the charge that an atom in a covalent compound would have if all bonds were completely ionic