Definition of oxidation. Meaning of oxidation. Synonyms of oxidation

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Definition of oxidation

Oxidation
Oxidation Ox`i*da"tion, n. [Cf. F. oxidation.] (Chem.) The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

Meaning of oxidation from wikipedia

- reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction: 150 ) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of a reactant change. Oxidation is the loss...
- In chemistry, the oxidation state, or oxidation number, is the hypothetical charge of an atom if all of its bonds to other atoms were fully ionic. It...
- In biochemistry and metabolism, beta oxidation (also β-oxidation) is the catabolic process by which fatty acid molecules are broken down in the cytosol...
- oxygen in the oxidation state of −2. Most of the Earth's crust consists of oxides. Even materials considered pure elements often develop an oxide coating....
- Alpha oxidation (α-oxidation) is a process by which certain branched-chain fatty acids are broken down by removal of a single carbon from the carboxyl...
- partial oxidation of alkanes and alkenes with dioxygen. These intermediates are essential to the production of consumer goods. Partial oxidation is challenging...
- The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) or Great Oxygenation Event, also called the Oxygen Catastrophe, Oxygen Revolution, Oxygen Crisis or Oxygen Holocaust,...
- its oxidation number changes from −4 to +4. classical reductions include alkene reduction to alkanes and classical oxidations include oxidation of alcohols...
- H2SO4 → 2 N2O + 2 CO2 + (NH4)2SO4 + 2 H2O Direct oxidation of ammonia with a manganese dioxide-bi****h oxide catalyst has been reported: cf. Ostwald process...
- distinction is made between thermal partial oxidation (TPOX) and catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX). Partial oxidation is a technically mature process in which...