Combined Science GCSE
Redox reactions
What Redox reactions means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Redox reactions
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Reactions in which oxidation, the loss of electrons, and reduction, the gain of electrons, happen simultaneously.
Topics that use Redox reactions
- Reactions of acids with metals (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Electron transfer
- Electron transfer in equations
- Identifying oxidised and reduced species
- Ionic half-equations
- Reactivity series and the position of hydrogen
- Salt formation and naming from the parent acid
- Spectator ions
- Acid–metal reactions as displacement reactions
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