And that's all because of a process known as redox chemistry.

些都是因为一个叫氧化还原的过程。

Redox reactions happen all the time in sediments.

氧化还原反应会一直沉积物中发生。

So, in this case, the hydrogen sulfide could have lost electrons in a redox reaction.

因此，情况下，硫化氢可能氧化还原反应中失去了电子。

Each cable connects two separate halves of a redox reaction.

每条电缆连接两个单独的一半氧化还原反应。

In our case, there's another type of reaction necessary called a redox reaction.

我的例子中， 还有另一必要的反应， 称为氧化还原反应。

Specifically, they are oxidation or redox reactions, the ones where electrons are exchanged.

具体来说，它是氧化或氧化还原反应， 即交换电子的反应。

And like carbon fixation it's also a redox reaction.

像碳固定一样， 它也是一氧化还原反应。

Like in this case, the culprit could have been a redox reaction, in which electrons get transferred between two or more compounds.

像情况一样，罪魁祸首可能是氧化还原反应，反应中，电子两或多化物之间转移。

Either way you might have noticed something important: this is a redox reaction!

无论哪方式， 您可能已经注意到一些重要的事情：是氧化还原反应！

Part of what makes redox reactions so powerful, and powerfully excellent, is that they are complicated.

氧化还原反应之所以如此强大、如此出色， 部分原因于它很复杂。

Let's start with a typical redox reaction that happens in this alkaline battery as an example.

让我以碱性电池中发生的典型氧化还原反应为例。

Which is generally defined as an apparatus that generates electrical energy from a redox reaction.

通常被定义为从氧化还原反应中产生电能的装置。

If you were listening, you learned that electrochemical reactions are redox reactions that we describe in terms of half reactions.

如果你听，你就会知道电化学反应是我用半反应来描述的氧化还原反应。

Now I gotta point out here that the electrical potential of a redox reaction is related to its equilibrium constant.

现我要里指出， 氧化还原反应的电势与其平衡常数有关。

I've told you about redox reactions before and if you haven't seen that episode yet, you should probably go watch that before you watch this.

我之前已经告诉过你有关氧化还原反应的信息， 如果你还没有看过那一集，你应该看个之前先看看那个。

When an electric current is applied, a redox reaction occurs in the solution and atoms of the coating metal are deposited on the cathode.

当施加电流时， 溶液中会发生氧化还原反应，涂层金属的原子会沉积阴极上。

But before any redox reaction can be used to text your boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever, we need to know how much voltage it can generate.

但是任何氧化还原反应可以用来给你的男朋友或女朋友发短信之前，我需要知道它能产生多少电压。

When we discussed it as a redox reaction a few weeks ago, we described it as a one way, complete reaction because that's all we needed to understand right then.

几周前，当我将其作为氧化还原反应进行讨论时，我将其描述为一单向、完全的反应， 因为就是我当时需要了解的全部内容。