Combined Science GCSE
Electron transfer in equations
What Electron transfer in equations means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Electron transfer in equations
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Tracking the loss or gain of electrons, where a species that has lost electrons is oxidised and one that has gained electrons is reduced.
Topics that use Electron transfer in equations
- Reactions of acids with metals (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Electron transfer
- Identifying oxidised and reduced species
- Ionic half-equations
- Reactivity series and the position of hydrogen
- Salt formation and naming from the parent acid
- Spectator ions
- Acid–metal reactions as displacement reactions
- Redox reactions
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