Metathesis vs Redox - What's the difference?
metathesis | redox |
(prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/
(inorganic chemistry) the double decomposition of inorganic salts
(organic chemistry) the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped
(chemistry) a reversible process in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
* {{quote-book, title=The conscientious marine aquarist,
books.google.com/books?isbn=1890087025, author=Robert M. Fenner, year=2001, passage=Can you have too much redox ? Definitely.}}
* {{quote-book, title=Chemistry: The Study of Matter and Its Changes,
books.google.com/books?isbn=0470576421, author=James E. Brady, Fred Senese, year=2009, passage=This will tell us whether redox is occurring, and if so, what is oxidized and reduced.}}