[meteorite-list] Serious question?

From: Philip R. Burns <pib_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:57 2004
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030917194233.02f0ce50_at_pibburns.com>

At 08:32 PM 9/17/2003 -0400, you wrote:

>Ok, so for the symantics of that definition, would you call that a
>reduction reaction not involving oxygen, and not oxidation.. ?

In general, oxidation is the loss of electrons, and reduction is the gain
of electrons. Those terms are used in modern chemistry whether or not
oxygen is involved.

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Received on Wed 17 Sep 2003 08:49:22 PM PDT