Oxidation Synonyms

ŏksĭ-dāshən
The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. oxidization
  2. oxidisation

Words Related to Oxidation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. reduction
  2. hydrolysis
  3. hydrogenation
  4. halogenation
  5. oxide
  6. decarboxylation
  7. isomerisation
  8. polymerisation
  9. esterification
  10. protonation
  11. absorption
  12. deamination
  13. alkylation
  14. nitration
  15. oxidant
  16. oxidise

Oxidation Sentence Examples

  • In practice this oxidation process is continued until the whole of the oxygen is as nearly as possible equal in weight to the sulphur present as sulphide or as sulphate, i.e.

  • On reduction glucose appears to yield the hexahydric alcohol d-sorbite, and on oxidation d-gluconic and d-saccharic acids.

  • It is very hygroscopic, dissolves readily in water, and rapidly undergoes oxidation on exposure to air.

  • The transformation is not one of the oxidation of a hexamethylene compound to a benzenoid compound, for only two hydrogen atoms are removed.

  • During recent years an immense number of ringed or cyclic compounds have been discovered, which exhibit individual characters more closely resembling benzene, naphthalene, &c. than purely aliphatic substances, inasmuch as in general they contain double linkages, yet withstand oxidation, and behave as nuclei, forming derivatives in much the same way as benzene.

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