redox is abbreviation of?
The term RedOx comes from the two processes that occur during a reaction: REDuction and OXidation. These reactions occur together, they cannot occur separately. Oxidation is the term given to the process of gain/addition of electrons from another compound, ion, or atom.Because the oxidizing substance removes electrons from another substance, which are then added to itself, the oxidizing substance becomes âreducedâ (more negative).eduction is the term given to the process of loss/removal of electrons, which are given to another compound, atom, or ion. Because the reducing substance gives electrons to another substance it becomes âoxidizedâ itself (more positive). And because it âdonatesâ electrons it is called an electron donor.