Which statement about oxidation and reduction in a voltaic cell is true?

a Both oxidation and reduction occur at the anode.

b Both oxidation and reduction occur at the cathode.

c Oxidation occurs at the anode and reduction occurs at the cathode.

d Oxidation occurs at the cathode and reduction occurs at the anode.

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Chemistry

Dorian Howard

27 April, 06:45

Which statement about oxidation and reduction in a voltaic cell is true?

a Both oxidation and reduction occur at the anode.

b Both oxidation and reduction occur at the cathode.

c Oxidation occurs at the anode and reduction occurs at the cathode.

d Oxidation occurs at the cathode and reduction occurs at the anode.

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Arjun · Answer 1

It's C ...

Aditya Davies · Answer 2

Oxidation is the loss of electrons and corresponds to an increase in oxidation state. A reduction is the gain of electrons and corresponds to a decrease in oxidation state. Balancing redox reactions can be more complicated than balancing other types of reactions because both the mass and charge must be balanced. Redox reactions occurring in aqueous solutions can be balanced by using a special procedure called the half-reaction method of balancing. In this procedure, the overall equation is broken down into two half-reactions: one for oxidation and the other for reduction. The half-reactions are balanced individually and then added together so that the number of electrons generated in the oxidation half-reaction is the same as the number of electrons consumed in the reduction half-reaction.