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Looking at methane's combustion, chemists reinterpreted oxidation as removal of:

AHydrogen
BOxygen
CCarbon
DNitrogen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Hydrogen
1. In the reaction, hydrogen is replaced by oxygen. 2. That prompted a second way of seeing oxidation. 3. It was reinterpreted as the removal of hydrogen. _Source: syllabus Chemistry Part II, Unit 8, Redox Reactions._
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