[meteorite-list] Serious question?

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From: Charles R. Viau <cviau_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:57 2004
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Ok, so for the symantics of that definition, would you call that a
"reduction reaction not involving oxygen", and not "oxidation" .. ?

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At 08:10 PM 9/17/2003 -0400, Charles R. Viau wrote:

Oxidation - Definition -> Combining a substance with oxygen.

Strictly speaking oxidation is the loss of electrons. The electrons
need somewhere to go so something is going to gain electrons and that is
the reduction part. So to undergo oxidation, something has to be
reduced - usually it's oxygen that accepts the wayward electrons but it
doesn't always have to be so.

For example:
Ba + F2 -> BaF2 is an oxidation-reduction reaction that doesn't involve
oxygen. Here F is the oxydizing agent.

Steven

Steven Singletary
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Dept. Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
M.I.T.
Cambridge, MA, 02139
Tel-617.253.6398
Fax-617.253.7102

Blue Skies!

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Ok, so for the symantics
of that definition, would you call that a “reduction reaction not
involving oxygen”, and not “oxidation” ..
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At 08:10 PM 9/17/2003 -0400, Charles R. Viau =
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Oxidation -  Definition -> Combining =
a
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Strictly speaking oxidation is the loss of electrons.  The =
electrons need
somewhere to go so something is going to gain electrons and that is the
reduction part.  So to undergo oxidation, something has to be =
reduced -
usually it's oxygen that accepts the wayward electrons but it doesn't =
always
have to be so. 
 
For example: 
Ba + F2
-> BaF2 =
is an
oxidation-reduction reaction that doesn't involve oxygen.  Here F =
is the
oxydizing agent. 
 
Steven 
 
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</x-sigsep>Steven Singletary 
54-1224 
Dept. Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences 
M.I.T. 
Cambridge, MA, 02139 
Tel-617.253.6398 
Fax-617.253.7102 
 
Blue Skies!<o:p></o:p>

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