Determine which element is oxidized and which is reduced when lithium reacts with nitrogen to form lithium nitride
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→ Lithium has 1 electron in its outer shell so will want to lose it, Nitrogen has 5, so will want to gain 3.
→ Remember OIL and RIG, (oxidation is loss, reduction is gain).
→ Lithium will be losing electrons 3 lithium will give an electron each to Nitrogen, so it has 8. Lithium is oxidized, Nitrogen is reduced.
→ In general metal gas reactions, the gas is always the one reduced and the metal oxidized.
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HERE IS YOUR ANSWER
⇔ The answer to your question is :
→ Lithium has 1 electron in its outer shell so will want to lose it, Nitrogen has 5, so will want to gain 3.
→ Remember OIL and RIG, (oxidation is loss, reduction is gain).
→ Lithium will be losing electrons 3 lithium will give an electron each to Nitrogen, so it has 8. Lithium is oxidized, Nitrogen is reduced.
→ In general metal gas reactions, the gas is always the one reduced and the metal oxidized.
HOPE IT HELPS YOU,
THANK YOU. ^_^
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