Write a short note on oxidizing and reducing agents.
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Summary
SummaryAn oxidizing agent is a substance that causes oxidation by accepting electrons; therefore, it gets reduced.
SummaryAn oxidizing agent is a substance that causes oxidation by accepting electrons; therefore, it gets reduced.A reducing agent is a substance that causes reduction by losing electrons; therefore it gets oxidized.
SummaryAn oxidizing agent is a substance that causes oxidation by accepting electrons; therefore, it gets reduced.A reducing agent is a substance that causes reduction by losing electrons; therefore it gets oxidized.Examples of how to identify oxidizing and reducing agents are shown.
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Process of Oxidation and Reduction reaction also known as Redox reaction.
Oxidation- Reaction in which atom of oxygen is added or atom of hydrogen is reduced.
Reduction- Reaction in which atom of oxygen is reduced or atom of hydrogen is added.
Explanation:
An oxidizing agent is the compound/element which has oxygen/Hydrogen in the reactant side. For example- CuO+HCl------>CuCl2+H2O. Here CuO initially had oxygen but after reaction it loses so it is a reduction reaction, BUT as it had oxygen earlier it is said to be the oxidizing agent and HCl is called the reducing agent.
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