{"id":13670,"date":"2026-11-06T03:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/?page_id=13670"},"modified":"2026-11-12T04:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T04:43:24","slug":"oxidation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/oxidation\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Oxidation?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <div class=\"aiper-glossary\" lang=\"en-US\" data-result-one=\"{count} term\" data-result-many=\"{count} terms\" data-empty=\"No terms found. Try another name or clear the filters.\">\r\n     <header><p>Pool Water Chemistry<\/p><h1>What Is Oxidation?<\/h1><p>Oxidation is a chemical process involving loss of electrons; in pool care, oxidizers react with certain contaminants.<\/p><\/header>\r\n   <figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width:600px)\" width=\"600\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/oxidation.svg?ver=0.5.11\"><img src=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/oxidation.svg?ver=0.5.11\" alt=\"Electron transfer from a material to an oxidizer: the material loses electrons and is oxidized. Symbols are conceptual, not a molecular reaction mechanism.\" width=\"600\" height=\"650\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/picture><figcaption>Electron transfer from a material to an oxidizer: the material loses electrons and is oxidized. Symbols are conceptual, not a molecular reaction mechanism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n   <section><h2>Understanding the Concept<\/h2><p>Oxidation and disinfection can overlap, but they describe different purposes. Disinfection targets disease-causing organisms; oxidation describes a chemical reaction.<\/p><\/section><section><h2>Common Misunderstanding<\/h2><p>An oxidizer is not automatically a substitute for a pool sanitizer. Follow the product label for its intended use.<\/p><\/section>   <section><h2>Related terms<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/chloramines\/\">Chloramines<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/pool-shock\/\">Pool Shock<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>   <section><h2>Learn more<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"guide\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/pool-sanitizer-vs-shock\/\">Pool Sanitizer vs Shock: Two Tools, Two Jobs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>  <\/div>\r\n  <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"DefinedTerm\",\"name\":\"Oxidation\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"description\":\"Oxidation is a chemical process involving loss of electrons; in pool care, oxidizers react with certain contaminants.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/oxidation\\\/\",\"inDefinedTermSet\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/#terms\"}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":13585,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"aiper_reading_time":1,"aiper_last_reviewed":"","aiper_reviewer":0,"aiper_related_ids":[],"aiper_layout":"tool","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13670","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":13670,"de":13762,"fr":13812,"es":13862},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13711,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13670\/revisions\/13711"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}