I am not a chemist, but a materials scientist. However, the following sentence sounds incorrect to me. "An antioxidant is a compound (something made up of a bunch of identical molecules) that inhibits oxidation, ie: they prevent other things from being reduced."
A compound is not something made up of a bunch of identical molecules, but si…
I am not a chemist, but a materials scientist. However, the following sentence sounds incorrect to me. "An antioxidant is a compound (something made up of a bunch of identical molecules) that inhibits oxidation, ie: they prevent other things from being reduced."
A compound is not something made up of a bunch of identical molecules, but simply a chemical combination of atoms, whether the same or different. An antioxidant inhibits oxidation, so it prevents other things from being oxidized, not from being reduced.
I also noticed two misspellings in the article on a quick read: "fair" should be "fare" and "Flourine" should be "Fluorine."
I am not a chemist, but a materials scientist. However, the following sentence sounds incorrect to me. "An antioxidant is a compound (something made up of a bunch of identical molecules) that inhibits oxidation, ie: they prevent other things from being reduced."
A compound is not something made up of a bunch of identical molecules, but simply a chemical combination of atoms, whether the same or different. An antioxidant inhibits oxidation, so it prevents other things from being oxidized, not from being reduced.
I also noticed two misspellings in the article on a quick read: "fair" should be "fare" and "Flourine" should be "Fluorine."
Thank you!