History of Oxidation

	Revision 5 . . October 26, 2001 8:50 am by (logged).186.19.xxx [*reworked electrochemical def of oxidation a bit]
	Revision 4 . . (edit) September 15, 2001 11:33 pm by Mike Dill [added bit left over from oxygen]

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Oxidation is the reaction of a material with oxygen. Some common forms of oxidation is the tarnishing of silverware and the rusting of iron, along with the burming of hydrocarbons to produce water, carbon dioxide, some partially oxidized forms and heat energy. The term has since been generalised by chemists to also refer to electrochemistry processes not involving oxygen but function in a simmilar way by removing an electron from a material.

Oxidation is the reaction of a material with oxygen. Some common forms of oxidation is the tarnishing of silverware and the rusting of iron, along with the burming of hydrocarbons to produce water, carbon dioxide, some partially oxidized forms and heat energy. The term is also used more generally by chemists to refer to electrochemistry processes in which the formal [oxidation state]? of an atom or atoms (within a molecule) is increased by the removal of electrons.

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In organic chemistry, stepwise oxidation of a hydrocarbon produces water and, successively, an alcohol, an aldehyde? or a ketone, carboxylic acid, and then a peroxide.

In organic chemistry, stepwise oxidation of a hydrocarbon produces water and, successively, an alcohol, an aldehyde? or a ketone, carboxylic acid, and then a peroxide.

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In inorganic chemistry terms, incompletely oxidized carbon takes the form of carbonate, bicarbonate or carbon monoxide.

In inorganic chemistry terms, incompletely oxidized carbon takes the form of carbonate, bicarbonate or carbon monoxide.