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Azrioch
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All right.
Well, I just would like a clarification about Oxidization. I already know that it is the gain of charge in a redox reaction, however, I have heard it used elsewhere too.
Oxidized metal, for instance. I know that this is metal that has been exposed to oxygen and has thusly changed color. Does this occur because of a redox reaction taking place or is it based on something else?
I've learned that by oxidizing an alcohol you can get a carboxylic acid. So, is this a redox reaction or just pumping oxygen through the alcohol?
What is happening on the chemical level there?
The reason of this question springs from the sentence in a lab that I am doing "Iron(II) in solution is easily oxidized to Fe(III)". By oxidized, does it mean, in this case and generally, blowing oxygen through the liquid?
Thanks...
Well, I just would like a clarification about Oxidization. I already know that it is the gain of charge in a redox reaction, however, I have heard it used elsewhere too.
Oxidized metal, for instance. I know that this is metal that has been exposed to oxygen and has thusly changed color. Does this occur because of a redox reaction taking place or is it based on something else?
I've learned that by oxidizing an alcohol you can get a carboxylic acid. So, is this a redox reaction or just pumping oxygen through the alcohol?
What is happening on the chemical level there?
The reason of this question springs from the sentence in a lab that I am doing "Iron(II) in solution is easily oxidized to Fe(III)". By oxidized, does it mean, in this case and generally, blowing oxygen through the liquid?
Thanks...
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