Core
Reactions: Redox
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Learning Objectives
Concepts:
–oxidation number (state), redox reaction, reduction,
oxidation, oxidizing agent, reducing
agent,
Skills:
–Be able to define oxidation and reduction in terms of both
electron loss and gain, and
change in oxidation number
–Assign oxidation states to atoms in a chemical species
–Deduce whether an element is oxidized or reduced and
identify simple redox reactions
using oxidation numbers.
–Identify reduction, oxidation, reducing agent, and
oxidizing agent
–Explain the relationship between oxidation states and the
names of compounds