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reducing agent because it has room to gain electrons so it will be oxidized by an oxidizing agent. It is in the reduced form and can reduce other molecules by accepting their electrons. Therefore, NADH is the reducing agent and NAD+ is the oxidizing agent

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The half-cell where reduction occurs is the cathode. Whatever is being reduced is called the oxidizing agent, so the cathode has the oxidizing agent or the species that's being reduced.

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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. = -1.37 V).

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It is quite a strong oxidiser, stronger than acid bichromate ( Cr2O72-):

ClO3- + 6H+ + 6e- --> Cl- + 3H2O
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Cl2 is a Oxidizing agent

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Reducing...

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