What is oxidation and reduction?
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Oxygen is the gain of oxygen.Reduction is the loss of oxygen.
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Oxidation is any chemical reaction that involves the moving of electrons. Specifically, it means the substance that gives away electrons is oxidized. ... Oxygen does not have to be present in a reaction for it to be a redox-reaction. Oxidation is the loss of electrons.
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Reduction, any of a class of chemical reactions in which the number of electrons associated with an atom or a group of atoms is increased. The electrons taken up by the substance reduced are supplied by another substance, which is thereby oxidized. See oxidation-reduction reaction.
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