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If an atom is reduced in a redox reaction. What must be happen to another atom in the system?
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Answered by
Foxy_Mask
A redox reaction has two half-reactions; oxidation and reduction half-reactions.
Oxidation involves loss of electrons and increases in the oxidation state whereas reduction involves the gain of electrons and decrease in the oxidation state.
Both of these half-reactions take place at the same time as the species that reduces the other gets oxidized itself.
Thus, when an atom is reduced by gaining electrons, the other atom must have got oxidized by losing those electrons.
Oxidation involves loss of electrons and increases in the oxidation state whereas reduction involves the gain of electrons and decrease in the oxidation state.
Both of these half-reactions take place at the same time as the species that reduces the other gets oxidized itself.
Thus, when an atom is reduced by gaining electrons, the other atom must have got oxidized by losing those electrons.
Answered by
DrBob222
Foxy_Mask should go to the top of the class. A great explanation.
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