In fact, weâre not spending enough on food stamps. 1  The average monthly food stamp benefit per person is only $133.85, or less than $1.50 per person, per meal. 2  Between 2009-2011 the purchasing power of food stamps declined by about 7%, or $47/month for a family of four, due to inflation in the cost of food.
Instead, we will use the following definitions: 1  Oxidation means the addition of oxygen to a molecule or the removal of hydrogen from a molecule.  Reduction means the addition of hydrogen to a molecule or the removal of oxygen from a molecule.
When these processes occur together, they are known as oxidation-reduction reactions, or redox reactions. As stated above, rust is an example of reduction, but it is also an example of oxidation. Oxygen gets reduced when it steals electrons from iron; iron gets oxidized when it loses electrons to oxygen.