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UP Board Class 11 Chemistry – Redox Reactions
The chapter Redox Reactions explains how oxidation and reduction occur together in chemical processes. It is an important topic in Class 11 Chemistry because redox reactions form the basis of many natural and industrial processes, such as respiration, combustion, and metal extraction.
Students first learn about the basic terms—oxidation, reduction, oxidizing agent, reducing agent, and redox reaction. The chapter then introduces different ways to define oxidation and reduction, including electron transfer, addition or removal of oxygen, and increase or decrease in oxidation number.
A major part of the chapter focuses on oxidation numbers, rules for calculating them, and identifying redox changes in reactions. Students also study the balancing of redox equations using the oxidation number method and ion-electron method.
