Identify the oxidising agent (oxidant) in the following reactions
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(a) Pb
3
O
4
+8HCl → 3PbCl
2
+Cl
2
+4H
2
O
Oxidising agent - Pb
3
O
4
Pb
3
O
4
gets reduced to PbCl
2
and oxidises HCl to Cl
2
(b) Mg +2H
2
O → Mg(OH)
2
+H
2
H
2
O is an oxidising agent as it oxidises Mg to Mg(OH)
2
(Mg
2+
)
(c)CuSO
4
+Zn → Cu + ZnSO
4
CuSO
4
is an oxidising agent as it oxidises Zn to ZnSO
4
(d) V
2
O
5
+5Ca → 2V +5CaO
V
2
O
5
is a oxidising agent as it oxidises Ca to CaO.
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