Redox

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Oxidation
Loss of electrons, increase in oxidation number
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Reduction
Gain of electrons, decrease in oxidation number
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Oxidising agent
Gains electrons themselves, oxidation number decreases
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Reducing agent
Loses electrons themselves, oxidation number will increase
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Disproportionation
Where an element within a single species is simultaneously oxidised and reduced
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Oxidation Numbers
The oxidation number of an element in a compound or ion is the charge that the element would have if the compound were fully ionic
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Card 2

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Gain of electrons, decrease in oxidation number

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Reduction

Card 3

Front

Gains electrons themselves, oxidation number decreases

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Card 4

Front

Loses electrons themselves, oxidation number will increase

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Card 5

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Where an element within a single species is simultaneously oxidised and reduced

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