Metathesis vs Redox - What's the difference?
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As nouns the difference between metathesis and redox is that metathesis is (prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/ while redox is redox.
metathesis Noun
(metatheses)
(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
Related terms
* metathetic
* metathesize
See also
* spoonerism
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redox English
Noun
( wikipedia redox)
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(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.}}
Derived terms
* auto-redox
See also
* reducing agent
* oxidizing agent
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