WASSCE Chemistry · Chemical Reactions & Energy
Oxidation and Reduction Reactions
Oxidation numbers, redox reactions, oxidising and reducing agents, and balancing redox equations.
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- 1Oxidation and reduction: four ways to see them7 minFree7 minFree
- 2Oxidation numbers, redox equations and IUPAC names7 min Plan7 min Plan
- Rules for oxidation numbers
- Calculating oxidation numbers
- Using oxidation numbers to spot redox
- Balancing redox equations with half-equations
- IUPAC names using oxidation numbers
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