CHE 108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Fluorine, Redox, Electromotive Force

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Oxidation reduction: oxidation: loss of electrons, reduction: gain of electrons, oxidation number: charge that results when electrons in a covalent bond are assigned to the more electronegative atoms. Electronegativity increases from left to right across rows. Fluorine is most electronegative: oxidation and reduction always occur together, oxidizing agent: oxidizes other species while it is being reduced. O2, acids, f2, cl2, h2o2, o3: reducing agent: reduces another species while it is being oxidized. If a strip of zn is placed in a solution of cuso4, cu is deposited on zn and the zn dissolves by forming zn+2. The cu+2 is spontaneously reduced to cu by zn: electrodes: solid metals connected by external circuit, anode(-): electrode at which oxidation occurs. Anions migrate toward anode: cathode(+): electrode at which reduction occurs. Cations move toward cathode: electrons flow from the anode to the cathode because the cathode has a lower electrical potential energy than the anode.

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