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Redox Processes in IB Chemistry

This document discusses Topic 9 on redox processes from an IB Chemistry curriculum. It covers key objectives like defining oxidation and reduction in terms of oxygen gain/loss, electron transfer, or change in oxidation number. An oxidizing agent is reduced while a reducing agent is oxidized. Variable oxidation numbers exist for transition metals and non-metals. The activity series ranks metals by ease of oxidation. The Winkler Method measures biochemical oxygen demand to determine water pollution levels.

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Redox Processes in IB Chemistry

This document discusses Topic 9 on redox processes from an IB Chemistry curriculum. It covers key objectives like defining oxidation and reduction in terms of oxygen gain/loss, electron transfer, or change in oxidation number. An oxidizing agent is reduced while a reducing agent is oxidized. Variable oxidation numbers exist for transition metals and non-metals. The activity series ranks metals by ease of oxidation. The Winkler Method measures biochemical oxygen demand to determine water pollution levels.

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IB CHEMISTRY

Topic 9 Redox processes

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Higher level
9.1 Oxidati on and reducti on
OBJECTIV ES
•Oxidation and reduction can be considered in terms of oxygen gain/hydrogen loss,
electron transfer or change in oxidation number.
• An oxidizing agent is reduced and a reducing agent is oxidized.
•Variable oxidation numbers exist for transition metals and for most main-group non-
metals.
•The activity series ranks metals according to the ease with which they undergo
oxidation.
• The Winkler Method can be used to measure biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), used

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as a measure of the degree of pollution in a water sample.
• Deducti on of the oxidation states of an atom in an ion or a compound.
•Deducti on of the name of a transition metal compound from a given formula, applying
oxidation numbers represented by Roman numerals.

•ga Iednentst,i fiinc aer tidoonx o rfe tahcetiospnes.cies oxidized and reduced and the oxidizing and
reducing
• Deducti on of redox reactions using half-equations in acidic or neutral solutions.
• Deducti on of the feasibility of a redox reaction from the activity series or reaction data.
• Solution of a range of redox titration problems.
• Application of the Winkler Method to calculate BOD.
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1. REDOX CALCULATIONS
Oxidation
GAIN OF OXYGEN
2Mg + O2 ——> 2MgO

magnesium has been oxidised as it has gained


oxygen

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REMOVAL (LOSS) OF HYDROGEN
C2H5OH ——> CH3CHO +
H2

ethanol has been oxidised as it has ‘lost’ hydrogen


Reducti on
GAIN OF HYDROGEN
C2H4 + H2 ——> C2H6

ethene has been reduced as it has gained hydrogen

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REMOVAL (LOSS) OF OXYGEN
com
CuO + H2 ——> Cu + H2O

copper(II) oxide has been reduced as it has ‘lost’ oxygen

However as chemistry became more sophisticated,


it was realised that another definition was
required

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