0:02 in this video we're going to talk about
0:05 oxidation and reduction reactions
0:06 and here's the example we're going to
0:09 start with magnesium plus oxygen gas produces
0:10 produces
0:13 magnesium oxide
0:15 an oxidation reduction reaction or
0:17 simply a redox reaction electrons are
0:19 being transferred from one element to another
0:24 now perhaps you found or watched my
0:27 video on oxidation numbers if you have
0:29 then you know that the oxidation number
0:32 of any pure element is zero
0:35 now in magnesium oxide magnesium being
0:37 an alkaline earth metal has a charge of
0:38 plus two
0:41 oxygen has a charge of minus two
0:43 notice that the oxidation state of
0:47 magnesium went from zero to plus two
0:50 so the oxidation state increased
0:52 whenever the oxidation state goes up the
0:57 substance is set to be oxidized
0:59 in the case of oxygen the oxidation
1:01 number decreased from zero to negative two
1:02 two
1:05 whenever the oxidation number decreases
1:07 the substance
1:13 now you need to know that oxidation
1:15 always occurs with
1:16 a loss
1:18 of electrons reduction
1:19 reduction
1:22 is associated with a gain
1:23 of electrons
1:26 metals they like to give away electrons
1:27 they like to form
1:29 metal cations as they give away
1:31 electrons they will acquire a positive charge
1:33 charge
1:34 non-metals like oxygen
1:37 they like to acquire electrons and so
1:41 they will develop a negative charge
1:43 the substance that is oxidized
1:47 is known as the reducing agent
1:49 and the substance that is reduced
1:50 is known as
1:58 metals are reducing agents because
1:59 they will cause the other substance to
2:01 be reduced
2:04 not metals like oxygen gas fluorine
2:06 they're oxidizing agents because they
2:09 cause another substance to be oxidized
2:11 and that's where you got to see it
2:12 so these are some terms that you want to
2:15 be familiar with when dealing with redox reactions
2:17 reactions
2:23 the reaction between magnesium and
2:28 now magnesium
2:31 is changing into the magnesium ion
2:34 this magnesium ion has a plus two charge
2:37 and in order to become
2:39 a plus two cation it has to lose two electrons
2:42 electrons
2:43 now oxygen
2:45 i'm gonna write atomic oxygen because
2:47 this reaction is not balanced
2:49 individually oxygen acquires two electrons
2:50 electrons
2:57 now because magnesium lost electrons
2:59 this reaction it's which is known as a
3:02 half reaction
3:04 that's the oxidation part of the reaction
3:05 reaction
3:08 anytime a substance loses electrons it's
3:10 being oxidized
3:12 this second half reaction is the
3:15 reduction part
3:18 since oxygen is acquiring electrons
3:20 whenever a substance gain electrons or
3:22 if the oxidation number decreases
3:24 decreases
3:25 its reduction
3:27 now for half reactions anytime you have
3:29 electrons on the right side it's going
3:31 to be an oxidation half reaction
3:32 whenever the electrons are on the left
3:35 side it's a reduction half reaction
3:36 that's another way in which you can see
3:37 it too
3:39 consider this reaction
3:42 zinc metal reacts with hydrochloric acid
3:45 to produce hydrogen gas
3:51 identify the substance that is oxidized
3:53 and the substance that is reduced
3:56 and also identify the oxidizing agent
3:57 and reduce an agent
3:58 now if you get a question like this on
4:01 the test to find a substance that is
4:03 oxidized or reduced always look at the
4:05 reactants it's one of these two
4:13 now let's find the oxidation states of
4:15 everything the oxidation state of any
4:17 pure element is always zero
4:20 now whenever hydrogen is bonded to
4:21 a non-metal
4:23 it's going to have a positive one
4:25 oxidation state
4:28 which means chlorine has to be minus one
4:30 now in this one two chlorine is still
4:32 negative one which means zinc has to
4:34 have a plus two charge
4:36 now the oxidation of zinc changes from
4:38 zero to positive two
4:40 so zinc
4:41 is being oxidized
4:48 hydrogen changes from one to zero
4:51 so hcl as a substance is being reduced
4:54 even though only the hydrogen portion of
4:57 that substance is being reduced
4:58 so typically they actually for the
5:00 substance even though it's only the hydrogen
5:01 hydrogen
5:03 element that's being reduced
5:04 you would say the whole substance is
5:06 being reduced if you have to choose an
5:09 answer on a multiple choice test
5:12 now the substance that is oxidized
5:14 is to reduce an agent
5:15 and typically metals tend to be reducing agents
5:16 agents
5:18 the substance that is reduced
5:24 and this is a common question that you
5:27 might see on a typical chemistry exam
5:29 now let's try one more example for the
5:31 sake of practice methane
5:32 methane
5:34 reacts with oxygen gas
5:37 and it produces carbon dioxide and water
5:40 so feel free to pause the video identify
5:42 the oxidation states of every element in
5:44 this reaction
5:45 and then find a substance that is
5:48 oxidized reduce and identify the
5:50 oxidizing agent and reduce an
5:53 agent so let's identify the pure elements
5:54 elements
5:56 which is only oxygen gas that's going to
5:58 be zero
6:00 now we said that whenever hydrogen is
6:02 bonded to a non-metal
6:04 it's going to have a plus one oxidation state
6:10 and typically when oxygen is found in a
6:13 compound the oxidation state is negative two
6:14 two
6:16 except when it's bonded to fluorine or
6:18 except when it's in the form of peroxide
6:22 or superoxide it's different
6:24 whenever you hear the word oxide
6:26 the oxidation state of oxygen is
6:27 negative two if you hear the word
6:29 peroxide it's negative one if you hear
6:30 the word superoxide
6:32 it's negative one-half
6:34 now we gotta find the oxidation state of carbon
6:35 carbon
6:38 so let's start with methane
6:40 so we have one carbon atom and four
6:41 hydrogen atoms
6:43 which has to add up to zero because
6:46 methane is neutral in charge
6:48 now each hydrogen atom has an oxidation
6:50 state of one
6:53 so therefore c plus four
6:55 must equal zero therefore carbon has to
6:58 have an oxidation state of negative four
7:00 in methane
7:02 now let's calculate the oxidation state
7:03 of carbon in co2
7:05 so it's c
7:07 plus two oxygen atoms
7:09 which equals a net charge of zero
7:12 and each oxygen has a charge of negative two
7:17 so in this case carbon is going to have
7:32 so carbon changes from negative four to
7:34 positive four
7:36 therefore the oxidation number of carbon
7:39 is increasing which means carbon
7:42 is oxidized or technically methane is oxidized
7:44 oxidized
7:50 but oxygen
7:53 changes from zero to negative two
7:56 so therefore oxygen gas
7:58 the oxidation number is decreasing
8:00 so it's being reduced
8:02 which means that methane
8:04 is the reducing agent
8:06 and oxygen gas
8:08 it's being reduced which makes it the
8:13 so keep in mind even though the element
8:16 carbon is being oxidized you still
8:18 describe the whole substance methane as
8:20 being oxidized because carbon is part of methane
8:22 methane
8:23 now the next thing that you need to be
8:24 able to do
8:27 is you need to take a look at a reaction
8:29 and tell if it's an oxidation reduction reaction
8:30 reaction
8:33 so consider this reaction aluminum metal
8:36 reacts with copper chloride
8:38 to produce aluminum chloride
8:41 and copper metal is this reaction a
8:43 redox reaction
8:45 so this reaction is a single replacement reaction
8:46 reaction
8:49 and if there's a transfer of electrons
8:51 then it's going to be a redox reaction
8:54 aluminum has an oxidation state of zero
8:57 but in alcl3 it has an oxidation state
8:59 of clustering
9:01 so if the oxidation number changes
9:04 then it's a redox reaction
9:07 all single replacement reactions
9:09 are redox reactions
9:10 now if you don't want to look for the
9:13 oxidation numbers there's a quick way to
9:15 tell if something is going to be a redox reaction
9:17 reaction
9:20 if you see a pure element on one side
9:22 and then that element being part of a compound
9:23 compound
9:25 on the other side it's always going to
9:27 be a redox reaction there's a transfer
9:29 of electrons
9:35 and i want you to determine
9:46 so both of these examples
9:48 are synthesis reactions also known as
9:50 combination reactions
9:53 sometimes a combination reaction can be
9:55 a redox reaction and sometimes it won't be
9:56 be
9:58 now if you look at the first example
10:00 there are no pure elements all we have
10:02 is compounds when you see that chances
10:04 are it's not a redox reaction
10:06 so if you look at the second example we
10:08 have a pure element zinc
10:10 and then that same element is in a
10:12 compound so the second example is
10:13 is
10:16 a redox reaction and let's prove it so
10:18 let's start with the first example
10:22 oxygen has a negative two charge
10:25 magnesium in magnesium oxide has a plus
10:26 two charge
10:28 hydrogen has a positive one charge
10:31 now magnesium hydroxide
10:34 is composed of mg plus two
10:36 and two hydroxide ions
10:38 but as you can see magnesium still has
10:40 an oxidation state
10:42 of positive two
10:45 now let's focus on hydroxide
10:47 hydroxide is oxide
10:52 if you want to solve it you know that
11:00 an oxygen
11:02 is going to have a negative two charge
11:04 when you add up negative two and one
11:06 you're going to get the net charge of a
11:10 hydroxyl ion which is negative one
11:12 so in magnesium hydroxide oxygen is
11:15 still negative two and hydrogen is plus one
11:16 one
11:18 so notice that the oxidation state of
11:20 magnesium did not change
11:22 it's still positive two the oxidation
11:25 state of hydrogen is still the same
11:27 it's positive one
11:29 and the oxidation state of oxygen has
11:30 not changed
11:33 if the oxidation state does not change
11:35 that means there was no transfer of
11:38 electrons and so this is not
11:46 now let's analyze the second example
11:49 zinc and chlorine has an oxidation state
11:50 of zero
11:51 in zinc chloride
11:53 chlorine has a negative one oxidation
11:55 state zinc has a positive two oxidation
11:57 state so notice that zinc is being oxidized
11:59 oxidized
12:00 therefore there's a transfer of
12:02 electrons which makes this reaction a
12:05 redox reaction
12:07 now consider these two
12:09 decomposition reactions
12:11 when mercury oxide is heated it
12:14 decomposes into mercury and oxygen gas
12:16 and if you were to heat calcium
12:19 carbonate it will decompose into calcium
12:23 oxide plus carbon dioxide gas
12:25 so which of these decomposition
12:28 reactions is the redox reaction
12:30 looking at the first example
12:32 we have oxygen as a pure element on the
12:35 right side and then that same element is
12:38 within a compound so the second example
12:39 i mean the first example is a redox reaction
12:41 reaction
12:43 in the second example there are no pure elements
12:44 elements
12:47 all we have are just compounds
12:49 so the second example is not a redox
12:52 reaction that's a quick way to tell if
12:53 it's a redox or not
12:54 so now i'm going to give you a list of
12:56 reactions and determine which ones are
13:06 so feel free to pause the video if you
13:44 so the first example
13:47 is it a redox reaction
13:50 combustion reactions are always redox reactions
13:51 reactions
13:53 here we have a pure element on one side
13:55 and then that same element is inside a
13:58 compound so the first example is a redox reaction
13:59 reaction
14:00 what about the second
14:03 example notice that there are no pure
14:05 elements in this example
14:11 acid-base neutralization reactions are
14:13 not redox anytime you have a double
14:15 replacement reaction is never going to
14:18 be a redox reaction but all single
14:19 replacement reactions will be a redox reaction
14:21 reaction
14:23 the third example is a combination reaction
14:24 reaction
14:26 and there are no pure elements so
14:28 therefore this is not going to be a
14:31 redox reaction the last one is a double
14:33 replacement reaction specifically a
14:34 precipitation reaction
14:36 and as we can see
14:38 all we have are just four compounds in
14:41 this reaction there are no pure elements
14:45 so it's not a redox reaction
14:46 so to review
14:49 all combustion reactions
14:51 are redox reactions
14:53 all single replacement reactions are
14:56 redox reactions
14:58 now synthesis and combination reactions
15:00 sometimes the redox sometimes are not
15:02 and the same is true for decomposition reactions
15:04 reactions
15:06 double replacement reactions are never
15:08 redox reactions so that includes
15:10 acid-base reactions
15:12 precipitation reactions and other types
15:15 of double replacement reactions
15:17 and a quick way to tell
15:20 is if you see a pure element on one side
15:22 and then the same element within a
15:24 compound on the other side
15:26 it's going to be a redox reaction that's
15:28 the easiest way to tell
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