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Topic 10.2: Free Radicals

e-notes on Topic 10.2: Free Radicals

Free radicals:
Atoms / molecules
that lack one electron
which makes the
atoms or molecules
unstable, reactive
and tend to attack
other atoms or
molecules.

OXIDATION:
A chemical reaction that occurs when a substance loses electrons
in its reaction – produce free radicals!
Free radicals then produce more free radicals.











HOW TO REDUCE THE EFFECT OF FREE RADICALS?


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