Practice question · True or false
Oxidation is the gain of electrons and reduction is the loss.
Hints
- Recall the standard mnemonic for this pair.
- OIL RIG: oxidation is loss, reduction is gain, so this statement has them the wrong way round.
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False
Why
False, it is exactly reversed. OIL RIG: oxidation is loss, reduction is gain. The naming is genuinely confusing, since "oxidation" no longer requires oxygen and "reduction" refers to reducing the charge, not the size.
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