when carbon reacts with oxygen why there is loss of electrons
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Do you know why oxygen is such a great oxidizing agent? Because it’s great at taking electrons from so many things, like the iron in my old car doors. But don’t think of it as taking electrons, they are given freely by the substances they come in contact with. Think of them as a gift. And in the paired actions of giving and receiving, the act of giving (oxidation) must precede the act of receiving (reduction). So in the combustion of carbon products, they ultimately lose, err, freely give up their electrons ( and accompanying hydrogen) to oxygen. Hence they are being oxidized. By oxygen. What a coincidence. And oxygen, for it’s part, GLADLY accepts them