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In a redox reaction, why does an element’s oxidation number decrease?

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that because that element has received electrons from another element

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Element’s oxidation number decrease that because that element has received electrons from another element

Step-by-step explanation:

a reduction in oxidation state is known as a reduction. Such reactions include the formal removal of electrons: a net gain in electrons moving a reduction, and a clear loss of electrons being an oxidation.

An oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction is a type of synthetic reaction that involves a transfer of particles between two species. An oxidation-reduction reaction is any synthetic reaction in which the oxidation number of a molecule, atom, or ion quarters by winning or missing an electron.

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