Fluorine is probably the answer wanted, but helium and possibly neon also fit the characterization.
No, citric acid is not a reducing agent. It acts as a weak acid and does not typically participate in reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions as a reducing agent.
Zinc is a transition element with general oxidation state as +2. It gets easily oxidised to its oxidation state of +2 by elements which are less reactive than zinc . For example: 2Zn + H2O --> Zn2O + H2
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) acts as a reducing agent because it can easily be oxidized to sulfuric acid (H2SO4) by gaining oxygen atoms. In this process, another substance is reduced by gaining electrons from SO2, making it a reducing agent.
No, iodine is not an oxidizing agent. It typically acts as a reducing agent, meaning it tends to gain electrons rather than lose them in chemical reactions.
In a redox titration using potassium permanganate, the permanganate ion (MnO4-) acts as the oxidizing agent while the other substance being titrated acts as the reducing agent. The endpoint is reached when all the reducing agent has been consumed, leading to a color change from purple to colorless or light pink. The volume of potassium permanganate solution required to reach the endpoint is used to calculate the concentration of the reducing agent.
No, citric acid is not a reducing agent. It acts as a weak acid and does not typically participate in reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions as a reducing agent.
Zinc is a transition element with general oxidation state as +2. It gets easily oxidised to its oxidation state of +2 by elements which are less reactive than zinc . For example: 2Zn + H2O --> Zn2O + H2
Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant by reducing the concentration of oxygen. This is possible as it is a reducing agent.
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) acts as a reducing agent because it can easily be oxidized to sulfuric acid (H2SO4) by gaining oxygen atoms. In this process, another substance is reduced by gaining electrons from SO2, making it a reducing agent.
No, iodine is not an oxidizing agent. It typically acts as a reducing agent, meaning it tends to gain electrons rather than lose them in chemical reactions.
In a redox titration using potassium permanganate, the permanganate ion (MnO4-) acts as the oxidizing agent while the other substance being titrated acts as the reducing agent. The endpoint is reached when all the reducing agent has been consumed, leading to a color change from purple to colorless or light pink. The volume of potassium permanganate solution required to reach the endpoint is used to calculate the concentration of the reducing agent.
In the reaction Ca + Br2 → CaBr2, calcium acts as the reducing agent because it undergoes oxidation by losing electrons to bromine. This results in the formation of calcium bromide (CaBr2).
Yes, in combustion, oxygen acts as the oxidizing agent because it gains electrons from the fuel being burned. In corrosion, however, oxygen acts as the oxidizing agent as it accepts electrons from the metal, causing it to corrode or rust.
In a reaction between bromine and potassium iodide, bromine acts as an oxidizing agent, not a reducing agent. It oxidizes iodide ions to form iodine molecules while itself being reduced to bromide ions.
In chemistry, reduction is defined as a phenomenon in which substance gets electron from other species, oxidation is defined as a process in which substance donates electron to other species. When a metal acts as reducing agent, the other substance (for which metal acts as reducing agent) gets electrons (from metal) and by definition goes on reduction, and the metal, in this process, donates electron so, metal itself undergoes to oxidation.
Whenever ammonia donates an electron pair to form a covalent bond, it acts as a Lewis base.
It reduces the oxides acting as a reducing agent.