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Offline taurean

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downhill process - Oxidation or Reduction?
« on: October 05, 2013, 01:59:34 PM »
Hello,

Which of the two is a downhill process - Oxidation or Reduction?

Please let me know if there is any good source to read about it.

Thanks
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Re: downhill process - Oxidation or Reduction?
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2013, 02:58:12 PM »
What is a downhill process?
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Re: downhill process - Oxidation or Reduction?
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2013, 05:08:02 PM »
Quote from: Borek on October 05, 2013, 02:58:12 PM
What is a downhill process?

I mean to say which is more energetically favorable
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Re: downhill process - Oxidation or Reduction?
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2013, 05:58:12 PM »
More information is required to answer this question. The answer depends on the conditions.

Generally for molecules left sitting out in the open air, oxidation is favored because there's oxygen gas in the air and the other gas molecules like nitrogen are mostly inert.

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Re: downhill process - Oxidation or Reduction?
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2013, 10:14:49 PM »
Also thinking about it more the question technically can't really be answered...every oxidation must be accompanied by a reduction! Google redox reaction...
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