OXIDATION/REDUCTION

STUDY TIP

• Start reviewing for you final now.

• Dedicate 10-15 minutes to reviewing past material
• Periodic trends
QUESTIONS FROM THE TEST?
 REDOX
REACTIONS

• Oxidation
• Loss of electrons

• Reduction
• Gain of electrons

• Oxidizing agent

• Reducing agent
 HALF REACTIONS

• Reactions showing the change in relation to one element only

2Na(s)  2Na+ + 2e– Oxidation

Cl2(g) + 2e–  2Cl– Reduction
 OXIDATION/REDUCTION

• 2K
  + I2 2KI
• In the reaction above, which element is being oxidized and which element is being
reduced?

• K is oxidized, I2 is reduced

• Which is the reducing agent?

• K is the reducing agent

IONIC CHARGE

 
2K + I2 2KI
IDENTIFYIN
G A REDOX
REACTION
 GAINING OR LOSING OXYGEN

• Why would gaining an oxygen atom cause oxidation?

• Why would losing an oxygen cause reduction?
 GAINING OR LOSING HYDROGEN

• Why would gaining a hydrogen cause reduction?

• Why would losing a hydrogen cause oxidation?
 CONCEPT CHECK

• Is carbon oxidized or reduced in the following equation?

• CH4 + 2O2  CO2 + 2H2O
 PRACTICE

•  H2S + O2 SO2 + H2O

• In the reaction above, which element is being oxidized and which element is
being reduced?
• S is oxidized, O2 is reduced
 ELECTROCHEMISTRY

• Study of the relationship

between electrical energy
and chemical change
• Oxidation-reduction
reactions can generate
electricity
VOLTAIC CELLS

• Oxidation-reduction reactions
can generate electricity
• Electrons go through the wire
• Anode
• Oxidation

• Cathode
• Reduction

• Salt bridge neutralizes charges

that start to form.
HARNESSING THE ENERGY OF
FLOWING ELECTRONS
VOLTAIC CELLS
SALT BRIDGE
CATHODES
AND
ANODES

AN OX RED CAT
 BATTERIES

• Cathode
• Electrode where chemicals are
reduced
• positive charge (+)

• Anode
• Electrode where chemicals are
oxidized
• Negative charge (–)
 LABEL THE VOLTAIC CELL

Anode

Cathode

Salt Bridge

Movement of electrons

Movement of cations

Movement of anions
 PRACTICE

• Is this reaction occurring at the anode or

cathode?
• Zn(s)  Zn2+(aq) + 2e–
IDENTIFY WHAT IS BEING OXIDIZED
AND WHAT IS BEING REDUCED
 CORROSION AND
COMBUSTION

• Oxygen is a good oxidizing agent

• Corrosion
• Oxidation of a metal by oxygen
• Combustion
• Rapid oxidation-reduction reaction between a material
and oxygen
 OXYGEN CAN
PLUCK
ELECTRONS FROM
MANY ELEMENTS

Results in corrosion and

combustion
 CORROSION

• Atmospheric oxygen reacts with a metal

and deteriorates it
• Costly Problem
• 4Fe + 3O2 + 3H2O  2Fe2O3  3H2O
 COMBUSTION

• Rapid oxidation-reduction reaction between a material and oxygen

• Exothermic and violent
• CH4 + 2O2  CO2 + 2H2O + energy
KAHOOT