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Why does hydrogen lose its combustibility after it combines with oxygen?
Why dose hydrogen lose its combustibility after it combines with oxygen
Are atoms of group 16 elements more likely to gain or lose electrons?
OXYGEN because it has only one oxidation state of -2, all the other elements in the group have multiple oxidation states.
What cannot change in an atom is it protons neutrons or electrons?
An atoms protons cannot change.The number of neutrons can change (gain or lose) to form an isotope (ex. Hydrogen naturally has no neutrons. But it can gain neutrons to form Heavy Hydrogen, or in other words, a Hydrogen Isotope).An atom can gain or lose electrons to form an ion. Usually an atom will gain or lose electrons to fill its valence (outermost) shell. It takes just as much energy to gain an electron as it is to lose one, so an atom will always look to lose or gain the least amount of electrons possible. (ex. Oxygen has 6 valence electrons. It will look to gain 2 electrons, rather than lose 6).Protons: DO NOT CHANGENeutrons: Can change to form an isotopeElectrons: Can change to form an ion
What determines the oxidation state of an element?
The oxidation state of an element is determined by the number of electrons the element needs to lose or gain to have a full valence electron shell.
How many electrons will hydrogen gain or lose when it forms an ion?
Hydrogen usually loses its single electron to become a hydrogen ion, H+.
Why does hydrogen lose its combustibility after it combines with oxygen?
Why dose hydrogen lose its combustibility after it combines with oxygen
Do acids lose or gain hydrogen ions?
Acids lose hydrogen ions.
Are atoms of group 16 elements more likely to gain or lose electrons?
OXYGEN because it has only one oxidation state of -2, all the other elements in the group have multiple oxidation states.
The lose of electrons from a molucule is called?
Lose electrons is oxidation. To gain electrons is reduction.
Does sulfur gain electrons when combining with other elements?
It can both gain and lose electrons depending on the different elements. With hydrogen, it gains electrons to produce hydrogen sulphide and it will lose electrons with oxygen to produce sulphur oxides. Generally it will tend to gain electrons as it is in group 16 of the elements and so is quite negatively electrovalent but against a more negatively electrovalent elements it can be forced to lose electrons unwillingly as in the case of oxygen. Even though oxygen is also in group 16, sulphur is an order below oxygen and therefore less negatively electrovalent that oxygen.
What do the oxidation number 2 imply?
The oxidation number of a chemical tells how many electrons it will gain or lose in a reaction. A positive oxidation number means that it will lose electrons, and a negative means it will gain them. A chemical with an oxidation number of 2+ would usually lose 2 electrons in a reaction.All of the Alkali earth metals (second column of the periodic table) have an oxidation number of 2+.
What chemical reaction with other substances is called oxidation?
A reaction witrh oxygen is called oxidation. Generally oxidation involve lose of electrons.
Why is it that the oxidation and reduction reactions are complimentary to each other?
When a substance get oxidized, it gains oxygen atoms (or loses electrons or hydrogen atoms) to another substance (which gets reduced). If either side do not exist, no reaction will take place since the substances can not gain or lose anything, hence the reactions are complimentary to each other.
What cannot change in an atom is it protons neutrons or electrons?
An atoms protons cannot change.The number of neutrons can change (gain or lose) to form an isotope (ex. Hydrogen naturally has no neutrons. But it can gain neutrons to form Heavy Hydrogen, or in other words, a Hydrogen Isotope).An atom can gain or lose electrons to form an ion. Usually an atom will gain or lose electrons to fill its valence (outermost) shell. It takes just as much energy to gain an electron as it is to lose one, so an atom will always look to lose or gain the least amount of electrons possible. (ex. Oxygen has 6 valence electrons. It will look to gain 2 electrons, rather than lose 6).Protons: DO NOT CHANGENeutrons: Can change to form an isotopeElectrons: Can change to form an ion
What components are needed for oxidation to occur?
what must be present for oxidation-reduction to occur?
What happens to atoms in an oxidation - reduction reaction?
The oxidation state of one atom increases while another decreases.
Would Oxygen gain or lose an electron when forming an ion?
Oxygen will gain two electrons to achieve a full outer shell.
