Reduction is a reaction which results in a 1 in electrons and a 2____ in positive charge of the atom or ion

Chemistry

1 answer:

mestny [16]3 years ago

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Hello! Your answer would be a gain of electrons and a decrease in positive charge.

Contrary to how it sounds, reduction is actually a gain of electrons. It is part of a set of reactions known as a redox reaction, reduction being a gain of electrons and oxidation being a loss.

With the gain of electrons, the element would become more negative as electrons bring with them a negative charge. Therefore, this would decrease the positive charge.

Hope this helped!

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