Category: Chemistry homework help

Please reply to the following discussion. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.  Responses must consist of at least 135 words; do NOT repeat the same thing your classmate is saying. No reference is required. 
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Oxidation:
I have heard this word when people talk about things like rust, as rust is caused by oxidation. When I think about oxidation, I always think about how The Statue of Liberty is green. According to the book, oxidation is a process in which an element’s oxidation number is increased by the loss of electrons. Oxidation is an important chemical process to chemists as oxygen is a main gas in our atmosphere. The everyday and technical meanings of oxidation are very similar as they are the same thing. The difference is that most people may not know that rust or the reason the Statue of Liberty is green is because they are oxidized.
Reduction:
I have seen this word in many classes, like math. In everyday terms, reduction is subtracting or reducing something, such as numbers or people. To chemists, reduction is the process in which an element’s oxidation number is decreased by the gain of electrons. The technical and everyday definitions of reduction are the same; it is just what is being reduced that is different. The everyday term is more broad, while the chemistry definition is specific. As the two definitions are very similar, I feel as though I will be able to remember them easily. 

Please reply to the following discussion. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.  Responses must consist of at least 135 words; do NOT repeat the same thing your classmate is saying. No reference is required.   
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Acid according to Chapter 7, is a substance that will dissolve in water to yield hydronium ions. Acids may be classified as strong (fully react with water) or weak (partially react with water) based on generation of hydronium ions. An everyday example of an acid that comes to mind is that of citric acid from fruits like lemons. This is a weak and organic acid, although I would originally assume it would be a strong acid based on eating lemons (which I love!).
Base according to Chapter 7, is a substance that dissolves in water to yield hydroxide ions. Bases may be classified as strong (completely dissociate in water) or weak (partially dissociate in water). An everyday example of a base is baking soda or sodium bicarbonate. This makes sense to me as I know you can utilize baking soda to subdue acids when cooking.
For both acids and bases, I recall that they are scaled on pH ranging from 1 (Acidic) to 14 (Basic) with 7 being the median (Neutral). For my current work as an RN, I often assess the pH or the CO2/HCO3 level of a patient to figure out if they are respiratory or metabolically acidotic or alkalotic (basic) to guide treatment.

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