Chapter 4.5
Redox Reactions and Balancing with Half-Reactions
Iron rusts, batteries die, and a match burns for the same reason: electrons changed owners. Split any such reaction into the half that gives and the half that takes, and balancing becomes bookkeeping.
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By the end
- 01Write oxidation and reduction half-reactions for a redox process
- 02Balance a redox equation from half-reactions, including in acidic solution
- 03Check a balanced redox equation for atom and charge conservation