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OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTIONS
                         AND

   INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROCHEMISTRY

OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTION "REDOX REACTION"

It is the reaction in which electrons are transferred

OXIDATION        Loss of electron(s) by a species
                                   and

                  increase in oxidation number

                 Fe2+ ─ e–  Fe3+ "Oxidation half-reaction"

REDUCTION        Gain of electron(s) by a species
                                   and

                  decrease in oxidation number

                 Ce4+ + e–  Ce3+ "Reduction half-reaction"

OXIDIZING AGENT        Electron acceptor; the species is reduced
REDUCING AGENT
REDOX COUPLE     Ce4+
                         Electron donor; the species is oxidized

                 Fe2+
                 The oxidized and reduced forms of a substance,
                 Fe3+/Fe2+
                 MnO4─/ Mn2+

                             LEO goes GER
                   Loss of Electrons is Oxidation
                   Gain of Electrons is Reduction

ELECTRONS are neither created nor destroyed during a REDOX
REACTION, they are transferred from the species being oxidized
to that being reduced

Electron transfer = Charge transfer = Electrons flow → "CURRENT" rate at

which electrons flow (charge passed per unit time)--------- Electrical Energy

ELECTROCHEMISTRY

The field of chemistry that links between chemical phenomena which involve
charge transfer (Reduction-Oxidation (Redox) reactions) and the electrical
properties that accompany these phenomena.

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