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What do oxidation reduction reactions do?

Answer 1

Well for one, drive the economy....

Our civilization relies on the combustion of fossil fuels....for instance take the hexanes that we put in our motors...

#C_6H_14(l) +19/2O_2(g) rarr 6CO_2(g) + 7H_2O(l) + Delta#

And although this is unusual and not part of the regular syllabus we could assign oxidation numbers to the carbons in hexanes...

#H_3C-CH_2CH_2CH_2CH_2CH_3#...the terminal carbons are #C(-III)#, and the central carbon is #C(-II)#...and all these carbons are oxidized to #C(+IV)#...you could write a redox equation in an electron transfer process...dioxygen, as above, is the species that is reduced...

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Answer 2

Avery Adams

Oxidation-reduction reactions involve the transfer of electrons between reactants. They play a crucial role in energy production, chemical synthesis, and various biological processes. These reactions are fundamental in balancing chemical equations, as the species being oxidized loses electrons (oxidation), and the species being reduced gains electrons (reduction).

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.