Reduction and oxidation of Hydrogen
After all this talk of oxidation and reduction there is still one more element to learn.
We know:
1. An element that has a loss of an electron is oxidation.
An element that has a gain of an electron is reduction.
2. Oxidation is an element that gains oxygen.
Reduction (reduced oxygen) is the loss of oxygen.
But, confusingly:
3. Oxidation is an element that loses hydrogen.
Reduction is an element that gains hydrogen.
Therefore, oxidation and reduction and oxygen and hydrogen are opposites.
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