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

这些都是因为个叫氧化还原的过程。

Redox reactions happen all the time in sediments.

氧化还原反应会直在沉积物中发生。

Each cable connects two separate halves of a redox reaction.

每条电缆连接两个单独的半氧化还原反应。

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

因此，在这种情况下，硫化氢可能在氧化还原反应中失去了电子。

But they might, right, because they still undergo redox potential.

但它可能需要，对吧，因为它仍然经历氧化还原电位。

So what happens when your iron rust is actually known as a redox reaction?

所以当你的铁生锈实际上被称为氧化还原反应时，会发生什么？

Redox reaction is actually the combination of two reactions.

氧化还原反应实际上是两种反应的结合。

So they combine those two words to make it redox.

于是他将这两个词结合起来，形成了“氧化还原”。

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

像这种情况，魁祸首可能是氧化还原反应，在这种反应中，电子在两种或多种化合物之间转移。

And so anything that can improve redox, can potentially keep a cell around longer, functioning better.

因此， 任何能够改善氧化还原状态的因素，都有潜力延长细胞的寿命， 使其功能更佳。

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

在我的例子中， 还有另种必要的反应， 称为氧化还原反应。

So in the case of this particular redox reaction, there usually is some kind of an electrolyte solution.

所以在这种特定的氧化还原反应中，通常会有种电解质溶液。

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

如果你在听，你应该了解到电化学反应是可以通过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.

现在我要在这里指出， 氧化还原反应的电势与其平衡常数有关。

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

像碳固定， 它也是种氧化还原反应。

The redox reaction is part of what runs batteries.

氧化还原反应是电池运作的部分。

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

无论哪种方式， 您可能已经注意到些重要的事情：这是氧化还原反应！

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。

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， 部分原因在于它很复杂。

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

让我以这种碱性电池中发生的典型氧化还原反应为例。