Question

CO2 acts as a oxidizing agent and CO acts as both oxidizing and reducing agent. explain​

Answer 1

Answer:

In CO2, Carbon can only lose oxygen,it cannot gain anymore.

But, in CO, it can gain as well as lose Oxygen.

Therefore, CO2 only loses O and acts always as an oxidizing agent. Whereas, CO gains as we're as loses O therefore can act as oxidizing and reducing agent depending on the reactants.

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Answer 2

This means that, in a chemical reaction, CO2 can act only as an oxidizing agent, as it occurs, for instance, in the photosynthesis process.Whereas, CO can both increase and decrease the oxidation state of its carbon atom, according to the circumstances and thus acting as both oxidizing and reducing agent.