Redox Reaction

Introduction: There is always reduction where there is oxidation — chemistry is fundamentally a study of redox systems.
Chemistry deals with different types of matter and transforming one kind of matter into another. The various reactions are used to convert matter from one type to another. Redox Reactions are one of the most common types of reactions.

A redox reaction is a reaction that comprises oxidation and reduction. When a redox reaction occurs, both oxidation and reduction reactions take place simultaneously.

Redox reactions are involved in a wide range of physical and biological phenomena. Pharmaceutical, natural, industrial, metallurgical, and agricultural industries utilise redox reactions.

The significance of redox reactions can be seen in the fact that redox processes include the combustion of various types of fuels for domestic, transportation, and other commercial purposes, electrochemical processes for the extraction of highly reactive metals and nonmetals, the manufacture of chemical compounds such as caustic soda, the operation of dry and wet batteries, and metal corrosion. Environmental challenges such as the Hydrogen Economy (the use of liquid hydrogen as a fuel) and the formation of the 'Ozone Hole' have surfaced as part of the redox phenomenon.

List of topics according to NCERT and JEE Main/NEET syllabus:

1. Oxidation and reduction reactions
2. Redox reaction examples
3. Redox reactions in terms of electron transfer reactions
4. Competitive electron transfer reactions
5. Oxidation number
6. Types of redox reactions
7. Balancing of redox reactions
8. Redox reactions as the basis for titrations
9. Limitations of the concept of oxidation number
10. Redox reactions and electrode processes.

Important concepts and Laws:

1. Redox Reactions in Reference With Electron Transfer Reactions
2. Different Types of Redox Reactions

• Combination Reaction
• Decomposition Reaction
• Displacement Reaction
• Disproportionation Reaction

3. Oxidation reaction
4. Reduction reaction
5. Oxidation Number
6. Balancing a Redox Reaction
7. Redox Reactions as the Basis for Titrations
8. Application of Redox Reaction

Importance of Redox Reaction class 11:

Chemistry is concerned with different types of matter and transforming one kind into another. Value transformation from one type to another occurs via various kinds of reactions. Redox Reactions are an essential type of such reaction.

Class 11 Redox Reaction can assist pupils in understanding the types of questions given in competitive exams. These crucial questions assist students in prioritising topics as they prepare for exams.

Although, in the JEE Examination, there are just one to two questions from Redox Reaction.

However, it is still very important.

Redox reactions are such a topic whose application part is visible in our daily life. This topic is important from JEE Main/ JEE Advance Point of view as a few questions can be asked directly from this topic. Also, this concept is used in other topics. Thus it is important that you understand this topic in totality with clarity.

NCERT Solutions Subject wise link:

• NCERT solutions for class 11 Physics.
• NCERT solutions for class 11 Chemistry.
• NCERT solutions for class 11 Mathematics.
• NCERT solutions for class 11 Biology.

NCERT Exemplar Solutions Subject wise link:

• NCERT exemplar solutions for class 11 Physics.
• NCERT exemplar solutions for class 11 Chemistry.
• NCERT exemplar solutions for class 11 Mathematics.
• NCERT exemplar solutions for class 11 Biology.