It loses two electrons to form a plus two ana while those two same electrons are taken up by our copper molecule in the Aqueous state. And so this guy is reduced from a plus two to a neutral atom. Now, oxidation of zinc occurs in half cell number one. And zinc solid becomes zinc in the Aqueous state with a plus two charge, and it releases two electrons while in half cell number two reduction occurs. An aqueous copper takes up two electrons to form solid copper. So let's examine these reactions as they occur within our electrochemical cell, our voltaic cell.