Year 12 Chemistry 2015

Chemistry 2.7 (AS91167) Demonstrate understanding of oxidationreduction

(3 credits)
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this unit you should be able to:
Loss and gain of oxygen

Define oxidation as the gain of oxygen

Define reduction as the loss of oxygen
Identify oxidation and reduction from chemical equations through
the loss and gain of oxygen
Write balanced equations for the reactions of a range of elements
with oxygen

Loss and gain of electrons

Define oxidation as the loss of electrons from a species

Define reduction as the gain of electrons from a species
Define the terms oxidant, oxidising agent, reductant, reducing agent
Write ion-electron half equations for the oxidation and reduction
reactions of a range of common oxidising and reducing agents
Write balanced equations for oxidation-reduction reactions
Identify species oxidised and reduced from ion-electron half
equations through the loss and gain of electrons
Identify oxidants and reductants in chemical equations

Oxidation numbers

Calculate oxidation numbers for a range of species

Use oxidation numbers to identify oxidation and reduction of species
Identify and name a range of common oxidants and reductants
along with their associated colours and colour changes

Experimental observations

Identify the colours of common chemical species that are oxidised or

reduced
Write observations of oxidation reduction reactions
Link the observations from an oxidation reduction reaction to the
species involved in the oxidation reduction reaction
Identify which species has been oxidised and which species has
been reduced in an oxidation reduction reaction using colour and
ion-electron half equations or oxidation numbers