In this reaction, carbon is oxidised because it gains oxygen. At the same time, copper oxide is reduced because oxygen is removed from it.

Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 103, Supplement 1: Fate, Transport, and Interactions of Metals (Feb., 1995), pp. 17-19 (3 pages) Several metal or metalloid ions exist in multiple oxidation ...

All chemical reactions can be viewed as the movement of electrons and/or nuclei; as such, one might expect that their kinetics and thermodynamics could be influenced by external electric fields. Even ...