What happens to a substance when it becomes oxidized?

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What happens to a substance when it becomes oxidized?

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When in a reaction a species gets oxidized and the other gets reduced, it is known as a redox reaction. Loss of electrons is oxidation. Addition of oxygen is oxidation. Removal of hydrogen is oxidation. 

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