The Oxidation Of Oxidation

Oxidation

Oxidation is the process of something being rusted or oxidized. This process has many ways to oxidize something. For example, when something is exposed to moisture it begins to oxidize. If a banana is is sitting out for too long, it will start turning brown and getting bruised up. That is what oxidation is. Technically the item doesn’t always have to turn into rust, like I said, it is many ways things can be oxidized. Oxidation is the loss of electrons in something. So like that banana it has lost its electrons so therefore it can no longer hold its fresh yellow color. It is going to oxidize because of the exposure to the moisture in the environment it is in. There would be no such thing as oxidation if it were not for oxygen.

Oxygen was added to this process also. Oxygen is a odorless element that we all need to survive. It is also provided by trees. With lack of oxygen we wouldn’t be able to breathe. The main oxidation that everyone knows is the rusting of a piece of metal. If i chair sits in the sun for too long and it rains and is humid outside, the metal has been exposed to moisture, and hot heat, so it is going to oxidize.

This is when reduction and oxidation combine. Reduction is the process of making something smaller than it already is, shrinking it either in degree or size. The redox reaction is when an electron is loss, but you gain another one. When you lose an electron this is when you start to see the oxidation, because you will most likely notice that it is beginning to start rusting, but when you gain other electrons, it is being reduced, because it is either beginning to get smaller in size or, smaller in degree. Redox reaction stands for reduction oxidation. That is just a shorter way of saying, in this process, you will see oxidation and reduction. Oxidation is also a loss of hydrogen but, reduction is the opposite which is the gain of