Oxidation and Reduction

The video tutorial explains redox chemistry, focusing on oxidation-reduction reactions where electron transfer occurs. It uses a single replacement reaction as an example to illustrate how electrons are transferred between ions and copper, leading to oxidation and reduction. The tutorial clarifies the concepts of reducing and oxidizing agents and introduces oxidation numbers as a tool to track electron flow. It provides rules for assigning oxidation numbers to elements, ions, and molecules, and demonstrates how to analyze reactions using these numbers.

Describe the role of reducing and oxidizing agents in a redox reaction.

How do you determine the oxidation number of an element in a compound?