How does hydrogen peroxide act as an oxidising and reducing agent?
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Hydrogen peroxide has the ability to gain or lose electrons, as its oxygen atoms are in the -1 oxidation state. By gaining electrons they can go to the -2 oxidation,and by losing electrons they go to reducing agent. When hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) serves as an oxidizing agent, the oxygen is reduced to H2.
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