Unit 2

• What is an oxidizing agent?

  A substance that causes another substance to undergo an oxidation reaction and is itself reduced
• What is a reducing agent?

  A substance that causes another substance to undergo a reduction reaction and itself oxidized
• What is oxidation?


  Reaction in which a substance loses one or more electrons
• What is reduction?


  Reaction in which a substance gains one or more electrons
• What is the name of the list of metals ordered according to their reducing strength?

  Reactivity series of metals