with a balanced chemical equation identify the substance that is oxidized and the substance that is reduced in the reaction:zinc oxide with carbon forms zinc and carbon monoxide
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Answer: the substance that is reduced is zinc oxide and the substance that is oxidised is carbon. The balanced chemical equation is given as ZnO + C = Zn + CO
Explanation: Zinc oxide reacts with carbon on heating to form zinc metal and carbon monoxide gas.
Zinc oxide loses oxygen... Carbon has displaced the metal from the oxide. The carbon monoxide is oxidised further to produce the less harmful carbon dioxide, CO 2.
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