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electron transfer reaction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
elec-tron -trans-fer- re-ac-tion
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reaction in which a single electron is transferred from one molecule to another; one being oxidized and the other reduced (also known as a redox reaction); long-range electron transfer reactions are important in biological reactions involving metalloproteins such as haemoglobin.

Inflected Forms

electron transfer reactions (plural)

Questions

What does electron transfer reaction mean?
A reaction in which a single electron is transferred from one molecule to another; one being oxidized and the other reduced (also known as a redox reaction); long-range electron transfer reactions are important in biological reactions involving metalloproteins such as haemoglobin.

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