Atoms of elements that are nonmetals tend to gain electrons and atoms of metallic elements tend to lose electrons. Metals have few electrons in their valence shells.
By losing those electrons, these metals achieve noble gas configuration and satisfy the octet rule.
Nonmetals that have close to 8 electrons in their valence shells readily accept electrons to achieve noble gas configuration.
An example is the reaction between calcium and oxygen. Calcium is a metal and has 2 valence electrons. Oxygen is a nonmetal and has 6 valence electrons.
Calcium gives up its two valence electrons and oxygen accepts them and an ionic bond is established resulting in the formation of anew compound namely calcium oxide.
The balanced redox reaction, if it occurs in acidic solution, is
5C₂O₄²⁻(aq) + 2MnO₄⁻(aq) + 16H⁺-----> 10CO₂(g) + 2Mn²⁺(aq) + 8H₂O(l)
<h3>What are redox reaction?</h3>
Redox reactions are those in which loss and again of electrons occur.
To balance the redox reaction, we must first break the whole reaction into half equations;
Oxidation half equation
Reduction half equation
Now combine both the reactions
Thus, the coefficient of H₂C₂O₄ is 5 and that of water is 8.
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