Steven, So you're saying that we can have oxidation without oxygen?
Sounds like an oxymoron to me. :) ----- Bob Martino, Tucson, AZ Can you really name a star? Read the Truth! http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/ . > At 08:10 PM 9/17/2003 -0400, Charles R. Viau wrote: > >Oxidation - Definition -> Combining a substance with oxygen. > > Strictly speaking oxidation is the loss of electrons. The electrons need > somewhere to go so something is going to gain electrons and that is the > reduction part. So to undergo oxidation, something has to be reduced - > usually it's oxygen that accepts the wayward electrons but it doesn't > always have to be so. > > For example: > Ba + F2 -> BaF2 is an oxidation-reduction reaction that doesn't involve > oxygen. Here F is the oxydizing agent. > > Steven ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
