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Oxidation is the process when oxygen combines with an element, changing the appearance of the element. When iron reacts with oxygen and changes to rust, this is an example of oxidation. ... any process in which oxygen combines with an element or substance, either slowly, as in the rusting of iron, or rapidly, as in the burning of wood the process of increasing the positive valence or of decreasing the negative valence of an element or ion