Chemistry, asked by sheela35, 1 year ago

PbO2 acts as oxidising agent. Why?


siril: Pb has an oxidation state of +4 in PbO2, but Pb+2 is more stable, due to which pb+4 has an innate ability to get converted into Pb+2, thus being able to oxidise others in the reaction.

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Answered by Aathan
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it has the ability tooxidize other substances — in other words to cause them to lose electrons....
that the reason why it acts as an oxidizing agent....
hope this will help you.....
Answered by zumba12
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PbO_2 acts as an oxidizing agent as it undergoes reduction.

Explanation:

  • The main concept involved in this concept is that, the substance which undergoes reduction is called oxidizing agent.
  • In the given case, Pb is the element which belongs to 6^{th} period in the periodic table.
  • Due to the inert pair effect which occurs due to the availability of electrons in the inner d and f orbitals, Pb in its +4 oxidation state is highly unstable.
  • But Pb is highly stable in the +2 oxidation state. Thus to attain this stability, it readily gains electron and undergoes reduction. As it is exhibiting reduction, it is considered as oxidizing agent.

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