Question

3. PbO + C Pb + CO

Fe2O3 + 3CO 2Fe + 3CO2

1. What information do you get from the above equations ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Carbon monoxide

Explanation:

Reducing agents are those substances which reduce other substances (addition of hydrogen or removal of oxygen) and themselves get oxidised (addition of oxygen or removal of hydrogen).

Fe

2

O

3

+3CO→2Fe+3CO

2

In the above reaction, carbon monoxide (CO) acts as a reducing agent as it reduces ferric(III)oxide(Fe

2

O

3

) to form iron (Fe) and carbon dioxide (CO2)