Redox 0.0 / 5 ? ChemistryRedoxASEdexcel Created by: aahmed12503Created on: 14-03-21 18:14 Oxidation Loss of electrons, increase in oxidation number 1 of 6 Reduction Gain of electrons, decrease in oxidation number 2 of 6 Oxidising agent Gains electrons themselves, oxidation number decreases 3 of 6 Reducing agent Loses electrons themselves, oxidation number will increase 4 of 6 Disproportionation Where an element within a single species is simultaneously oxidised and reduced 5 of 6 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 6 of 6
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