9: Oxidation and Reduction
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- 9.2: Half-Reactions and Balancing Redox Equations
- Another way to balance redox reactions is by the half-reaction method. This technique involves breaking an equation into its two separate components - the oxidation reaction and the reduction reaction. Since neither oxidation nor reduction can actually occur without the other, we refer to the separate equations as half-reactions.
Thumbnail: Batteries are empowered by REDOX chemistry (Pixabay License; Didgeman via Pixabay).