Course Materials For Lab 10 – Oxidation-Reduction Balancing and Oxidation Numbers

Balancing Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

Lecture

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know that oxidation is a process that involves the loss of electrons by any chemical species
know that reduction is a process that involves the gain of electrons by any chemical species
(from Chapter 4) remember that the oxidation number (state) of an atom is the charge that an atom in a covalently bonded substance would have if all of the shared electrons were transferred to the most electronegative atom
(from Chapter 4) know the rules for assigning oxidation states to atoms in substances
know the ion-electron method for balancing oxidation-reduction equations in both acidic and basic solutions