Redox Reaction Essay

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Oxidation – Reduction “Redox Reaction” Chapter 6 Learning Objectives After completing this chapter, students should be able to: • Define redox reaction, oxidizing agent and reducing agent. • Identify the oxidizing agent and the reducing agent. • Calculate the oxidation number. • Write the balanced redox reaction by ionelectron method. 2 Oxidation Reaction Redox Reaction • involves the reduction and oxidation of the reactants, • Examples: rusting of metal, the chemical reaction inside a battery, • and combustion of hydrocarbons. The reaction occur when a substance gain oxygen, lose electron and increase in oxidation number. Reduction Reaction The reaction occur when a substance lose oxygen, gain electron and decrease in oxidation number. 3 4 1 Oxidation-Reduction Reactions (electron transfer reactions) 2Mg2+ + 4e- Oxidation half-reaction (lose e-) O2 + 4e2O2Reduction half-reaction (gain e-) 2Mg + O2 + 4e2Mg2+ + 2O2- + 4e5 2Mg + O2 2MgO 2Mg 6 Write the half reactions of the following reaction. Then, Identify the oxidizing agent and the reducing agent. Exercise 6.1 Identify the oxidizing agent and reducing agent in the following reaction: Zn (s) + CuSO4 (aq) Zn Zn2+ + 2e- Zn is oxidized Cu2+ + 2e- ZnSO4 (aq) + Cu (s) Zn is the reducing agent Cu Cu2+ is reduced Cu2+ is the oxidizing agent 4Al  3O 2  2Al 2 O 3 Copper wire reacts with silver nitrate to form silver metal. What is the oxidizing agent in the reaction? Cu (s) + 2AgNO3 (aq) Cu Ag+ + 1eCu2+ + 2e- Cu(NO3)2 (aq) + 2Ag (s) Ag+ is the oxidizing agent 7 Ag Ag+ is reduced 8 2 Oxidation Number The charge the atom would have in a molecule (or an ionic compound) if electrons were completely transferred. 1. Free elements (uncombined state) have an oxidation number of zero. Oxidation Number (cont.) 3. The oxidation number of oxygen

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