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Identifying Oxidizing Agents and Reducing Agents
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For each unbalanced equation below, first decide if it is a Redox equation (some are not). Identify the oxidizing agent and the reducing agent in the Redox equations.


The oxidizing agent contains the element that is reduced - gets more negative.
The reducing agent contains the element that is oxidized - gets more positive.

Hint: oxidizing and reducing agents will always be reactants - NOT products. Under some conditions, the same substance may contain both the element that gains electrons and the element that looses electrons - making it both the oxidizing agent and the reducting agent.

 

1. SiH2 + O2 → SiO2 + H2O

a. Is this a Redox equation?   _________

b. The oxidizing agent is __________________

c. The reducing agent is __________________

 
2. H2O2 → H2O + O2

a. Is this a Redox equation?   _________

b. The oxidizing agent is __________________

c. The reducing agent is __________________

 
3. Fe2O3 + CO → Fe + CO2

a. Is this a Redox equation?   _________

b. The oxidizing agent is __________________

c. The reducing agent is __________________

 
4. H2SO4 + HI → H2S + I + H2O

a. Is this a Redox equation?   _________

b. The oxidizing agent is __________________

c. The reducing agent is __________________

 

 

5. Ca3(PO4)2 + SiO2 → P4O10 + CaSiO3

a. Is this a Redox equation?   _________

b. The oxidizing agent is __________________

c. The reducing agent is __________________

 
6. HNO3 + H3PO3 → NO + H3PO4

a. Is this a Redox equation?   _________

b. The oxidizing agent is __________________

c. The reducing agent is __________________

 
7. MnO4−1 + I−1 → I2 + Mn+2

a. Is this a Redox equation?   _________

b. The oxidizing agent is __________________

c. The reducing agent is __________________

 
8. H2O2 + NO2−1 → H2O + NO4−1

a. Is this a Redox equation?   _________

b. The oxidizing agent is __________________

c. The reducing agent is __________________

 

 

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