103 Chapter Notes -Electronegativity, Sodium Hydroxide, Ammonium Chloride
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Generally the reactions in chemical compounds occur when there is more stability obtained in the process. All the compounds are formed due to the oxidation or reduction processes. Many reactions that occur are as a result of either oxidation or reduction or both. According to the modern electronic concept, oxidation is the process of losing electron"s and reduction is the process of gaining electrons. This can also be interpreted as the gain of a positive charge resulting in oxidation and the loss of a positive charge in reduction. This means all electropositive elements get reduced when they transform from their compound metals. Similarly, all the electronegative elements will get oxidized in their compounds and come to the elemental state. With this background one can conclude that the ionic compounds are a combination of an electropositive component and an electronegative component. The simplest electropositive component in water is a proton and the negative component is a hydroxide ion.
