Question

The balanced half-reaction in which chlorine gas is reduced to the aqueous chloride ion is a ________ process. one-electron two-electron four-electron three-electron six-electron

Answer 1

Two-electron.

Step-by-step explanation:

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In this case, since the half-reaction by which chlorine is reduced to aqueous chloride ion is:

`Cl^0_2\rightarrow 2Cl^-`

We can see each chlorine undergo a decrease of electrons by 1, it means that, since there are two chlorine atoms undergoing an electron decrease, we write:

`Cl^0_2+2e^-\rightarrow 2Cl^-`

Which means this is a two-electron process.

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