Redox reactions

• If electrons are transferred, it's a redox reaction

  • Oxidation is loss , reduction is gain
  • reduction and Oxidisation happen at the same time during a redox reaction
• Displacement reactions are redox reactions

  1. displacement reactions are when a more reactive metal Kicks a less reactive metal out of its compound
  2. in displacement reactions, it's always the metal ion that gains electrons and is reduced. The metal atom always loses electrons and is oxidised
• lonic equations show just the Useful bits of reactions

  • in an ionic equation only the particles that react and the products they form are shown