redox reaction

collocation in English

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redox
noun[U]
uk
/ˈriː.dɒks/us
/ˈriː.dɑːks/
a chemical process in which an atom, molecule, etc. either gains or ...
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reaction
noun
uk
/riˈæk.ʃən/us
/riˈæk.ʃən/
behaviour, a feeling or an action that is a direct result of ...
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This seems strange at first sight and indicates that noredoxreactioninvolving the iron-sulfur cluster should occur at physiological conditions.
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The aldehyde can be oxidized via aredoxreactionin which another compound is reduced.
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Its instability is caused by the oxidizing power of the hypochlorite group, which can easily undergo aredoxreactionwith the methyl group.
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The next step is aredoxreactionof the enolate with methylene blue.
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In these reactions one compound passes electrons to another (in aredoxreaction), releasing energy to fuel the cell's activities.
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This "galvanic replacement" method involves aredoxreaction.
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Here the pseudocapacitance originates out of a coupled, reversibleredoxreactionwith several oxidation steps with overlapping potential.
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The various cytochromes in the chain have different standard redox potentials, each one adapted for a specificredoxreaction.
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The zinc must be activated in some way to facilitate thisredoxreaction.
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The addition of hydrogen to double or triple bonds in hydrocarbons is a type ofredoxreactionthat can be thermodynamically favorable without a catalyst.
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The pyruvate from glycolysis undergoes a simpleredoxreaction, forming lactic acid.
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In photocatalysis the electron-hole pair is immediately used to drive aredoxreactionbut the problem is that the electron-hole pair suffer from fast recombinations.
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Hydrogen corrosion involves aredoxreactionthat reduces hydrogen ions, forming molecular hydrogen.
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Theredoxreactionis relevant to the instability of fuel assemblies at high temperatures.
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An intramolecularredoxreactionthen ensues, raising the benzylic carbon to the oxidation state of an aldehyde.
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Chemical oxidation is one half of aredoxreaction, which results in the loss of electrons.
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Chemical reduction is one half of aredoxreaction, which results in the gain of electrons.
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Transformation most commonly takes the form of an irreversibleredoxreaction.
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A half reaction is obtained by considering the change in oxidation states of individual substances involved in theredoxreaction.
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