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What is redox in terms of electrons? Give an example.

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type of chemical reaction that involves a transfer of electrons between two species example ZnO + C → Zn + CO.

Here, C is oxidised to CO because oxygen is being added and ZnO is reduced to Zn because oxygen is being removed. Therefore, it is a redox reaction.
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