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oxidation potential

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oxidation potential [‚äk·sə′dā·shən pə‚ten·chəl]
(physical chemistry)
The difference in potential between an atom or ion and the state in which an electron has been removed to an infinite distance from this atom or ion.


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Much uncertainty still surrounds the underlying environmental chemistry of how combinations of disinfectants, anticorrosives, coagulants, and fluoridation agents combine with water qualities such as pH, alkalinity, temperature, oxidation potential, and concentrations of other chemical species to affect lead in drinking water.
An oxidation potential is the negative of a reduction potential, their being for reactions in opposite directions.
 
 
 
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