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    This document discusses redox (reduction-oxidation) reactions. It defines redox as a reaction where there is a change in oxidation states, involving both reduction and oxidation processes through electron transfer. Reduction is the gain of electrons and oxidation is the loss of electrons. Examples given include combustion of wood and rusting. Redox reactions play important roles in biology, like cellular respiration, and geology, affecting mineral formation and mobilization.

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    This document discusses redox (reduction-oxidation) reactions. It defines redox as a reaction where there is a change in oxidation states, involving both reduction and oxidation processes through electron transfer. Reduction is the gain of electrons and oxidation is the loss of electrons. Examples given include combustion of wood and rusting. Redox reactions play important roles in biology, like cellular respiration, and geology, affecting mineral formation and mobilization.

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    This document discusses redox (reduction-oxidation) reactions. It defines redox as a reaction where there is a change in oxidation states, involving both reduction and oxidation processes through electron transfer. Reduction is the gain of electrons and oxidation is the loss of electrons. Examples given include combustion of wood and rusting. Redox reactions play important roles in biology, like cellular respiration, and geology, affecting mineral formation and mobilization.

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    Redox Reaction

    BY: N.S. SUJITH


    CLASS: 10-B
    Introduction
    Redox(short forreductionoxidation reaction) is
    achemical reactionin which theoxidation
    statesof atoms are changed.
    Any such reaction involves both a reduction
    process and a complementary oxidation process,
    two key concepts involved withelectron
    transferprocesses.
    Redox reactions include all chemical reactions in
    which atoms have their oxidation state changed;
    in general, redox reactions involve the transfer
    ofelectronsbetweenchemical species.
    Explanation
    The chemical species from which the electron is
    stripped is said to have been oxidized, while the
    chemical species to which the electron is added
    is said to have been reduced. It can be
    explained in simple terms:
    Oxidationis thelossofelectronsor
    anincreasein oxidation state by
    amolecule,atom, orion.
    Reductionis thegainof electrons or
    adecreasein oxidation state by a molecule,
    atom, or ion.
    Examples
    As an example, during thecombustionof wood, oxygen
    from the air is reduced, gaining electrons from the carbon.
    Although oxidation reactions are commonly associated
    with the formation of oxides from oxygen molecules,
    oxygen is not necessarily included in such reactions, as
    other chemical species can serve the same function.
    The reaction can occur relatively slowly, as in the case
    ofrust, or more quickly, as in the case offire. There are
    simple redox processes, such as the oxidation ofcarbonto
    yieldcarbon dioxide(CO2) or the reduction of carbon
    byhydrogento yieldmethane(CH 4), and more complex
    processes such as the oxidation ofglucose(C 6H12O6) in
    thehuman body.
    Example
    A good example is the reaction
    betweenhydrogenandfluorinein which hydrogen is
    being oxidized and fluorine is being reduced:
    H2 + F2 2HF

    Illustration of a redox
    reaction
    Redox Reaction in Biology
    Many importantbiologicalprocesses involve
    redox reactions.
    Cellular respiration, for instance, is the
    oxidation ofglucose(C6H12O6) toCO2and the
    reduction ofoxygentowater. The summary
    equation for cell respiration is:
    C6H12O6+ 6O2 6CO2+ 6H2OThe process of
    cell respiration also depends heavily on the
    reduction ofNAD+to NADH and the reverse
    reaction (the oxidation of NADH to
    NAD+).Photosynthesisand cellular respiration
    are complementary, but photosynthesis is not
    Redox Cycling
    A wide variety ofaromatic
    compoundsareenzymaticallyreduced to formfree
    radicalsthat contain one more electron than their parent
    compounds. In general, the electron donor is any of a wide
    variety of flavoenzymes and theircoenzymes. Once formed,
    these anion free radicals reduce molecular oxygen
    tosuperoxide, and regenerate the unchanged parent
    compound. The net reaction is the oxidation of the
    flavoenzyme's coenzymes and the reduction of molecular
    oxygen to form superoxide. This catalytic behaviour has been
    described as futile cycle or redox cycling.
    Examples of redox cycling-inducing molecules are
    theherbicideparaquatand
    otherviologensandquinonessuch asmenadione.
    Redox Reactions In
    Geology
    Ingeology, redox is important to both the formation
    of minerals and the mobilization of minerals, and is
    also important in somedepositional environments.
    In general, the redox state of most rocks can be
    seen in the colour of the rock. The rock forms in
    oxidizing conditions, giving it a red colour. It is then
    "bleached" to a greenor sometimes whiteform
    when a reducing fluid passes through the rock. The
    reduced fluid can also carry uranium-
    bearingminerals. Famous examples of redox
    conditions affecting geological processes
    includeuranium depositsandMoqui marbles.
    Abonfire; combustion is a fast
    Rust, a slow redox redox reaction
    reaction
    The End
    Thank You

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