Sunday, November 29, 2015

Redox Reactions



Redox Single Replacement:

  • element + compound > element + compound
  • driving force = transfer of electrons
  • the metals change places
  • "like attacks like" = metals attack metals, nonmetals attack nonmetals
Synthesis Redox:
  • 2 or more reactants form one product 
  • A + B > AB
Decomposition Redox:
  • 1 reactant produces 2 or more products
  • AB > A + B
Combustion Redox:
  • when a hydrocarbon reacts with oxygen (O2), the product are ALWAYS H2O and CO2
  • oxygen is always a reactant
Here are two videos on redox reactions:

Posted by at
Labels:

2 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 3, 2015 at 5:38 PM

    This is a great post! Thank you for making it so in-depth; I was also absent for this lecture and the book did not explain it very well! But with your easy explanations and additional links, I have a better understanding of the content.

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownDecember 3, 2015 at 8:16 PM

    Avery, thanks so much for this post! It was extremely thorough and really helped be differentiate between through the different types. I like how simple you made it and your links and pictures really added to helping me understand it all.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)