Chemistry A-Level
Oxidation number changes
What Oxidation number changes means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Oxidation number changes
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These can confirm which species is oxidised and which is reduced: the oxidising agent's oxidation number falls, and the reducing agent's oxidation number rises.
Topics that use Oxidation number changes
- Redox and electrode potentials (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Applying familiar redox method to unfamiliar systems
- Concentration effects
- Dynamic equilibrium at electrodes
- Electrode potential and equilibrium
- Electron transfer
- Electron transfer in redox
- feasibility prediction
- Fuel cell
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