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8 years ago
Can someone please give me a very detailed and clear explanation between redox reactions and other types of reactions (simple displacement, double displacement)?

I want to understand exactly how simple reactions are bonded and how it differs from how redox reactions are bonded, and what is happening on an atomic, microscopic level for each type.
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8 years ago
I understand how frustrating this can be.

I have included an animation that might help you understand it better, except it's in the context of chemistry

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In plain terms, reactions involved in the transfer of electrons during chemical reactions are known as a redox reaction.


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8 years ago
Redox reactions are simply those that involve the movement of electrons from one molecule to another. Always in these reactions, a molecule losses an electron, so it has become oxidized, while another molecule gains an electrons, therefore becomes reduced in charge (more negative).

Redox reactions take place in cellular respiration Rightwards Arrow Glucose becomes oxidized to eventually become CO2. Glucose loses hydrogen atom, while oxygen becomes reduced to H2O. O2 gains hydrogen atoms.
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8 years ago
Thanks for giving such a detailed explanation! Slight Smile

If that animation is what is happening on a molecular level for redox reactions, what is happening on a molecular level for simpler reactions like simple or double displacement reactions? I read that simple and double displacement reactions just share their reactions but never actually give them away.

Also, in simple and double displacement reactions etc, how are new substances being created without transferring electrons?
How are simple rxns (simple, double displacement and combustion) bonded compared with redox reactions?
It seems that all redox reactions should be ionic since electrons are actually being transferred.
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8 years ago
Single and double displacement reactions are related to ionic bonds. Ionic bonds are formed between metals and non-metals. A metal ion can disassociated from its non-metal counterpart and attach to another ion in the solution.
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