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What do you call it when iron oxidises?

Corrosion is the oxidation of metals in general. Rusting is the oxidation of iron in particular.


What do they call any chemical reaction that removes electrons from an atom?

oxidation


What do you call a reaction where a substance has gained oxygen?

ok im not shore but i think its called reduction


What do you call the breaking down of glucose?

glycolysis. (:


When alkali metals are heated with hydrongen they form?

we call them hydrides. Hydrides are forming by the reaction.


What do you call a reaction when oxygen is removed?

A reaction where oxygen is removed is called reduction. Reduction involves gaining electrons or decreasing the oxidation state of an element or molecule.


What do you call it when oxygen is added to a substance?

When Oxygen is added to a substance it is called oxidation.


What do you call metals made from 2 or more metals?

Alloy


What is made up if two atoms are joined together?

This is the definition of a compound: a substance that contains atoms of two or more chemical elements held together by chemical bonds.


Why are precipitation reactions also called double displacement reactions?

They aren't. Double displacement (metathesis) sometimes forms a precipitate, but not always, and it would be silly to call it a "precipitation reaction" if no precipitate was formed. Formation of a precipitate is, however, one way to tell that a reaction has occurred. If everything just stays in solution, then it's meaningless to call it a "reaction" since there has been no change. The evolution of a gas is another method for determining that a reaction has occurred, as is a change in color (this often indicates a change in oxidation state as well, though not always).


What kind of element do metals react with?

They react with a oxydation reaction , forming oxydes. For example: Iron (Fe) reacts with the equation, 2 Fe(s) + O2(g) + 2 H2O(l) = 2 Fe(OH)2(s) Fe(OH)2 is rust. or with the formation of hydroxides: 2 Na + 2 H2O = 2 NaOH + H2


What do you call people who mix metals?

metallurgists