Oxidation and reduction
Oxidation and reduction applied to water treatment - General principles
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Oxidation and reduction
Oxidation and reduction applied to water treatment - General principles

Authors : Sylvie BAIG, Pierre MOUCHET

Publication date: August 10, 2008 | Lire en français

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1. Oxidation and reduction

1.1 Oxidation

Originally, the term "oxidation" was used to describe the attachment of oxygen to a chemical element or compound, and "oxidants" to describe bodies that can give up oxygen (starting with oxygen itself) and therefore react with all oxygen-hungry bodies; a simple and classic example of oxidation is the action of oxygen on ferrous oxide, which is converted into ferric oxide:

2 FeO+12O2→Fe2O3
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