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oxidative
Variant of oxidation
noun
- any process in which oxygen combines with an element or substance, either slowly, as in the rusting of iron, or rapidly, as in the burning of wood
- the process of increasing the positive valence or of decreasing the negative valence of an element or ion
- the process by which electrons are removed from atoms or ions
Related Forms:
- oxidative adjective
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