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Redox

Definition: Redox

Redox

Noun

1. A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Redox

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

Redox

EnglishOxidation-reductionPhysics, Metallurgy

Redox

GermanReduktions-OxydationsPhysics, Metallurgy

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Specialty Definition: Redox

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In chemistry, a redox reaction is a chemical reaction which consists of an oxidation reaction and a reduction reaction. That is one species gains electrons -- it is reduced -- at the cost of the other, which is oxidized. In a redox reaction the oxidation numbers of the two species are changing.

A good example is the reaction between hydrogen and fluorine:

H2 + F2 → 2HF

We can write this overall reaction as two half-reactions: an oxidation reaction:

H2 → 2H+ + 2e-

and a reduction reaction:

F2 + 2e- → 2F-

Elements always have an oxidation number of zero. In the first half reaction hydrogen is oxidized from an oxidation number of zero to an oxidation number of +1. In the second half reaction fluorine is reduced from an oxidation number of zero to an oxidation number of -1

When adding the reactions together the electrons cancel and the ions combine to form hydrogen fluoride:

2H+ +2F- → 2HF

As another example, consider the oxidation of iron(II) to iron(III):

Fe2+ --> Fe3+ + e

and the reduction of hydrogen peroxide:

H2O2 + 2 e --> 2 OH-

The two processes occur together in the following redox reaction:

2Fe2+ + H2O2 + 2H+ --> 2Fe3+ + 2H2O

See also: electrochemistry

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Redox."

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Synonyms: Redox

Synonyms: oxidation-reduction (n), oxidoreduction (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Redox

Specialty definitions using "redox": NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases ♦ photoelectrochemical cell ♦ redox potential. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Redox

DomainTitle

Books

  • Antioxidant and Redox Regulation of Genes (reference)

  • Cellular Implications of Redox Signaling (reference)

  • Manganese Redox Enzymes (reference)

  • Methods in Enzymology: Redox Cell Biology and Genetics (Methods in Enzymology, 352) (reference)

  • Selective Activation of Drugs by Redox Processes (NATO Asi Series A, Lite Sciences, Vol 198) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

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Usage Frequency: Redox

"Redox" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Redox" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%1785,106

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Redox

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

redox

51

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41

reacciones redox

23

redox potential

12

metodo redox

11

index redox

7

reactii redox

7

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6

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5

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5

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5

de ecuaciones redox

4

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4

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4

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3

ecuaciones redox

3

indicator redox

3

potencial redox

2

redox vanadium

2

laboratorio redox

2
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Modern Translations: Redox

Language Translations for "redox"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Reduktions-Oxydations (oxidation-reduction), Redox (oxidation-reduction). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αντιδράσεις οξειδοαναγωγής (redox reactions). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

산" 환원. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

edoxray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Redox

Derivations

Words beginning with "redox": redoxes. (additional references)

Words containing "redox": ferredoxin, ferredoxins. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Redox

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-o-r-x"

-1 letter: doer, dore, redo, rode.

-2 letters: dex, doe, dor, ode, ore, red, rex, rod, roe.

-3 letters: de, do, ed, er, ex, od, oe, or, ox, re.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-o-r-x"
 

+1 letter: dextro.

 

+2 letters: exoderm, exordia, peroxid, redoxes, xeroxed.

 

+3 letters: bordeaux, breadbox, broadaxe, dextrose, dextrous, exhorted, exoderms, exordial, exordium, expandor, exploder, explored, exported, extorted, extrados, nextdoor, oxidiser, oxidizer, peroxide, peroxids, rondeaux, tetroxid, trioxide.

 

+4 letters: broadaxes, coexerted, dexterous, dextroses, exodermis, exorcised, exorcized, exordiums, expandors, expeditor, exploders, expounder, heterodox, hexachord, hydroxide, loxodrome, overmixed, oversexed, overtaxed, oxidisers, oxidizers, paradoxes, peroxided, peroxides, peroxidic, reexposed, reoxidize, tetroxide, tetroxids, tinderbox, trioxides, uxoricide.

 

+5 letters: bordereaux, breadboxes, deoxidizer, excoriated, exonerated, expeditors, expounders, extradoses, ferredoxin, foxtrotted, heterodoxy, hexachords, hexahedron, hydroxides, loxodromes, orthodoxes, overexpand, overextend, peroxidase, peroxiding, pyridoxine, pyroxenoid, reexplored, reexported, reoxidized, reoxidizes, sardonyxes, superoxide, tetroxides, unexplored, uxoricides.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Redox


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 64 6F 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    -..    ---    -..-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100100 01101111 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#100 &#111 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0064 006F 0078

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5271708190

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Abbreviations 		9. Acronyms
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography 		13. Bibliography


  

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