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Do oxidation and reduction take place simultaneously or not?

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oxidation and reduction processes occur simultaneously.When an element is oxidesed another element is reduced Example

Fe2O3(s) + 2Al(s) → Al2O3(s) + 2Fe(l)
[ here Fe gets reduced and Al gets oxidised. ]

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