Redox vs Hydrolysis - What's the difference?
redox | hydrolysis |
(chemistry) a reversible process in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction
* {{quote-book, title=The conscientious marine aquarist,
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* {{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.}}
(chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.
(biochemistry) The degradation of certain biopolymers (proteins, complex sugars) by the chemical process that results in smaller polymers or monomers (such as amino acids or monosaccharides)