[meteorite-list] Re: Serious question?

From: Pekka Savolainen <*pekka.savolainen_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:57 2004 Message-ID: <3F694034.5000409_at_dlc.fi> · pekka.savolainen_at_meteoritecentral.com

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Well, <br>
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oxidation, or the redox reaction is in fact a very board family of reactions.<br>
Electrons don&acute;t just leave from or go to the outer space; they transfer.
A<br>
reaction that involve an oxidation, and any such reaction is a redox reaction.<br>
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The reactant that causes the reduction of something is called the reducing<br>
agent. Sodium is the reducing agent in the reaction with chlorine. The reactant<br>
that oxidizes something else is called an oxidising agent. Chlorine is the
oxidizing<br>
agent in the reaction with sodium. Na + Cl ----&gt; Na+ + Cl-<br>
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So in fact we can have "oxidation" or a redox reaction without oxygen. Just
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the reactant for the electron to "move" is needeed.<br>
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take care,<br>
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pekka s<br>
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Bob Martino wrote:<br>
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  <pre wrap="">Steven,<br><br>So you're saying that we can have oxidation without oxygen?<br><br>Sounds like an oxymoron to me.          :)<br><br>-----<br>Bob Martino, Tucson, AZ<br><br>Can you really name a star?  Read the Truth!<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/">http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/</a><br>.<br><br></pre>
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    <pre wrap="">At 08:10 PM 9/17/2003 -0400, Charles R. Viau wrote:<br></pre>
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      <pre wrap="">Oxidation -  Definition -&gt; Combining a substance with oxygen.<br></pre>
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      <pre wrap="">Strictly speaking oxidation is the loss of electrons.  The electrons need<br>somewhere to go so something is going to gain electrons and that is the<br>reduction part.  So to undergo oxidation, something has to be reduced -<br>usually it's oxygen that accepts the wayward electrons but it doesn't<br>always have to be so.<br><br>For example:<br>Ba + F2 -&gt; BaF2 is an oxidation-reduction reaction that doesn't involve<br>oxygen.  Here F is the oxydizing agent.<br><br>Steven<br></pre>
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