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electron attachment definition

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The transfer of an electron to a molecular entity, resulting in a molecular entity of (algebraically) increased negative charge. (It is not an attachment, as defined in this Glossary.)

See also oxidation (1), reduction.


See also:

electron-pair acceptor definition
electron spin resonance (ESR) definition
Electrolytic Cells definition
electron impact (EI) definition
effusion definition