Is carbon oxidizing or reducing agent
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It is a reducing agent
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carbon atom increases its oxidation number from +2 to +4, so each carbon atom in CO(g) is oxidized, and CO(g) is the reducing agent.
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It depends on what chemical reaction you're getting the CO2 from. If you are just talking about getting CO2 from the elements carbon and oxygen, then the carbon has been oxidised(therefore it's a reducing agent), because it's oxidation number changed from 0 to +4.
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