reduction gain

Reduction - " Reduction is the process in which an atom gains one or more electron..

The reaction in which a chemical species gains electron(s) is known as reduction..

Gain of electrons or Decrease in oxidation numbe..

(i) A chlorine atom will gain an electron to become a chloride ion. (ii) Similarly, atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, bromine, iodine, etc. can accept electrons and get converted to their respective ions. (iii) In some cases, cations of higher valency may accept electrons a..

From the above reactions, it can be seen that the oxidation-reduction reactions involve transfer of electrons from one species to another. Thus, the oxidation-reduction reactions may also be defined as follows. Oxidation is a chemical process in which there is a loss of electron..

Magnesium when burnt in air gives magnesium oxide in accordance with the reaction, Here, magnesium combines with oxygen to form magnesium oxide, i.e., oxygen is added to magnesium. According to the classical concept of oxidation and reduction, the addition of oxygen to magnesium is ter..

Following are the characteristics of the electrolysis process: 1) Electrolytic reactions involve the gain of electrons at the cathode and loss of electrons at anode. 2) The cathode reaction is a reduction reaction as the cations accept electrons, while the anode ..

'. The compounds in which the constituent ions are held together by ionic bond (coulombic forces) are called ionic (or electrovalent) compounds. Some typical ionic compounds are sodium chloride, potassium chloride, potassium sulphate etc. When the transfer of electrons form a compound, the element ..

>Oxidation is the process of loss of electrons from an atom. Oxidizing agents are substances that can accept electrons and thereby oxidize other substances. Reduction is the process in which an atom gains one or more electrons. Reducing agents are substances that give out (donat..

The cathode is a region of surplus electrons. The ion that migrates to the cathode is the positively charged ion or cation i.e., sodium ion. At the cathode, the ions accept electrons. The sodium ion takes in one electron from the cathode, gets converted into a sodium atom, and gets deposited at ..