Commutator (electric) A commutator is a moving part of a rotary electrical switch in certain types of electric motors and electrical generators that periodically reverses the current direction between the rotor and the external circuit. It consists of a cylinder composed of multiple metal contact segments on the rotating armature of the machine.
The word equation that would represent the formation of lithium oxide from lithium metal and oxygen is: lithium + oxygen to lithium oxide. In chemical symbols, the balanced chemical equation is expressed as: Li + O2 = Li2O.
Thus, the reaction of magnesium with oxygen is an oxidation-reduction reaction. A reaction that is not an oxidation-reduction reaction will cause no changes in oxidation numbers. Consider the reaction of sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid: Below each element in the equation, we have written its oxidation number.elow each element in each substance in the equation, we have written its oxidation number. The oxidation number of magnesium increases from 0 to +2; magnesium is oxidized. The oxidation number of oxygen decreases from 0 to -2; oxygen is reduced.