Chemistry, asked by lmbadi03, 1 year ago

Is HCl an oxidizing or reducing agent ?

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Answered by Cosmic04
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Hear in Hcl,H+ is a reduced .so it is aoxidizing agent. H+ in HCl is the reactantreduced, and HCl is the oxidizing agent. ...HCl is an oxidizing compound, because 2H+ + 2e- --> H2 ( St. E.P. = 0.00 V) and Chloride ions are a very weak reducing agent (2Cl- --> Cl2 + 2e- at St. E.P.
Answered by anusmita24
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Answer:

hcl is a reducing agent

Explanation:

because it reduces other substances and itself gets oxidised. Hope it helped. Mark me as the brainliest

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