what is oxidation reaction?
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ᴏxɪᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏss ᴏғ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏɴs ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ʙʏ ᴀ ᴍᴏʟᴇᴄᴜʟᴇ, ᴀᴛᴏᴍ ᴏʀ ɪᴏɴ. ᴏxɪᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀs ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏxɪᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴍᴏʟᴇᴄᴜʟᴇ, ᴀᴛᴏᴍ ᴏʀ ɪᴏɴ ɪs ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴀsᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴘᴘᴏsɪᴛᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ɪs ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀs ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀ ɢᴀɪɴ ᴏғ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀᴏɴs ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏxɪᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴏғ ᴀɴ ᴀᴛᴏᴍ, ᴍᴏʟᴇᴄᴜʟᴇ, ᴏʀ ɪᴏɴ ᴅᴇᴄʀᴇᴀsᴇs.
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Redox is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of atoms are changed. Redox reactions are characterized by the actual or formal transfer of electrons between chemical species, most often with one species undergoing oxidation while another species undergoes reduction.
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