What are oxidising agents?
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What is an oxidising agent and reducing agent?
An oxidising agent is a substance which gains hydrogen or loses oxygen during a chemical reaction. A reducing agent is a substance which gains oxygen or loses hydrogen during a chemical...
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What are oxidising agents?
Some substances such as alkaline potassium permanganate and acidified potassium dichromate are capable of adding oxygen to others. These are known as oxidising agents.
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While sulphur dioxide and hydrogen peroxide can act as oxidising as well as reducing agents in their reactions,
In sulphur dioxide (SO2), the oxidation number (O.N.) of S is +4 and the range of the O.N. that S can have is from +6 to –2. Therefore, SO2 can act...
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Identify the substance oxidised, reduced, oxidising agent and reducing agent for each of the following reactions:
(a) Oxidised substance → C6H6O2 Reduced substance → AgBrO xidising agent → AgBr Reducing agent → C6H6O2 (b)Oxidised substance → HCHO Reduced [Ag(NH3)2]+ substance → Oxidising agent → [Ag(NH3)2]+ Reducing agent → HCHO (c) Oxidised substance → HCHO Reduced substance...
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Can PCl5 act as an oxidising as well as a reducing agent? Justify
PCl5 can only act as an oxidizing agent. The highest oxidation state that P can show is +5. In PCl5, phosphorus is in its highest oxidation state (+5). However, it...
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Name the oxidising and reducing agent in the following reaction:
H2S is the reducing agent while SO2 is the oxidising agent.
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Identify the substance oxidised, substance reduced, oxidising agent and reducing
Substance oxidised: HCl Substance reduced:MnO2 Oxidising agent: MnO2 Reducing agent: HCl
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Identify the oxidising agent (oxidant) in the following reactions
(i) Pb3O4 (ii) O2 (iii) CuSO4 (iv) V2O5 (v) H2O (vi) CuO
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Identify the substance oxidised, substance reduced, oxidising agent and reducing agent:
Substance oxidised :HCI Substance reduced :MnO2 Oxidising agent :MnO2 Reducing agent :HCI
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Identify the oxidising agent (oxidant) in the following reactions: i. Pb3O4 + 8HCl → 3PbCl2 + Cl2 + 4H2O
i. Pb3O4 ii. O2 iii. CuSO4 iv. V2O5 v. H2O vi. CuO
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