Redox Reactions
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EvanMarzion on May 27, 2009
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Aw Yeah! Its the redox reaction quiz!
All oxidation numbers must have a + or - in front of the number. A sum does not need the sign. All chemicals must have their English names and not their chemical formulae entered.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Water | Used to balance out oxygen in an equation: |
| Hydrogen Ions | Used to balance out hydrogen in an equation: |
| Hydroxide Ions | Added to both sides of an acidic equation in order to make it basic: |
| Hydrogen Ions | Added to both sides of an basic equation in order to make it acidic: |
| Oxidation Number | Number assigned to elements in order to keep track of electron transfer: |
| -2 | Oxidation number of oxygen except in peroxides: |
| -1 | Oxidation number of oxygen in peroxides: |
| 0 | Oxidation number of free elements: |
| +1 | Oxidation number of hydrogen except in hydrides: |
| -1 | Oxidation number of hydrogen in hydrides: |
| 0 | Oxidation number of atoms in diatomic molecules: |
| +1 | Sum of the oxidation numbers of the atoms in NH₄+: |
| 0 | Sum of the oxidation numbers of the atoms in CO₂: |
| +1 | Oxidation number of an alkali metal: |
| +2 | Oxidation number of an alkaline earth metal: |
| Electrons | These should never be present in a fully balanced redox reaction: |
| Reduction | Equation in which an element's oxidation number decreases: _____ half-equation. |
| Oxidation | Equation in which an element's oxidation number increases: _____ half-equation. |
| Oxidizing agent | Species that is reduced (an agent): |
| Reducing agent | Species that is oxidized (an agent): |
| +4 | Oxidation number of Nitrogen in NO₂: |
| Reduced | When an atom gains an electron it is being... |
| Oxidized | When an atom loses an electron it is being... |
| -1 | Oxidation number of Hydrogen in LiH: |
| Charge | The oxidation number of a monotomic ion is equal to its... |
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