👉 Hybridizing is a process or action in which two or more different substances are combined to create a new substance with unique properties. It can be used to combine elements that have opposite chemical properties, such as metals and non-metals, to create new materials with specific properties. For example, combining iron with oxygen to form a compound called cobalt(II) oxide is a hybridizing process. This is because the iron and oxygen are different substances with opposing chemical properties - iron is a metal