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Reoxidation vs Reoxidize - What's the difference?

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Reoxidation is a related term of reoxidize.


As a noun reoxidation

is a second or subsequent oxidation (eg of hemoglobin).

As a verb reoxidize is

(chemistry) to oxidize again, or to become oxidized again, after a period of reduction.

reoxidation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A second or subsequent oxidation (e.g. of hemoglobin)

    • reoxidize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *reoxidise

    Verb

    (reoxidiz)
  • (chemistry) To oxidize again, or to become oxidized again, after a period of reduction
  • *{{quote-book, 2001, Vince Pitelka, Clay: A Studio Handbook citation
    • , passage=Anywhere the glaze is thin, the iron oxide molecules are exposed to this atmosphere and will reoxidize to red ferric iron oxide.}}

    Derived terms

    *reoxidization *reoxidizer

    Related terms

    *reoxidation