What is it called when electrons transfer?

Electron transfer (ET) occurs when an electron relocates from an atom or molecule to another such chemical entity. ET is a mechanistic description of a redox reaction, wherein the oxidation state of reactant and product changes. Numerous biological processes involve ET reactions.

What are 2 synonyms for reaction?

synonyms for reaction

• answer.
• attitude.
• feedback.
• feeling.
• opinion.
• reception.
• reply.
• return.

What are synonyms for transferred?

In this page you can discover 50 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for transferred, like: moved, removed, shifted, passed, transported, relocated, transmitted, changed, returned, turned-over and sent.

What is a synonym for electron?

Synonyms

• negatron.
• delta ray.
• photoelectron.
• lepton.
• valence electron.

Are there any synonyms for the word electron?

Take This Quiz And Be Like The Schwa (Never Stressed)! More about partons — Science News, February 13, 1971Experiments in which protons and neutrons were bombarded with high-energy electrons have given indications that protons and neutrons are not amorphous masses but composed of distinct subparticles.

Are there any synonyms for the word transferred?

Once upon a time there was an officer who had been transferred to this camp as captain. He transferred his stare to me, but it lost none of its gloom. In order to effect this they are transferred to a stockyard on the beach. The trouble of watching and getting up at night will be transferred to attendants.

When does an electron fall into a proton?

Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group. Almost four months, according to the passage of time on the electron. The rumblings of the electron had increased with each passing week. But natural matter does have a tendency to let the electron fall into the proton.