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Consider the redox equation below, C4HI0(g)+CreO72-(ag) + H-(aq) H&C4O4(ag) +Cr3-(aq) + H2O() The reducing agent is a. C4HI0(
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4. Reducing agent is a substance which itself gets oxidized (gains oxygen, loses hydrogen or loses electrons) in the reaction. We can observe that C4H10(g) gets oxidized to H6C4O4 (as it gains oxygen as well as loses H). So it is the reducing agent, so option (a) is correct.

Cr2O72- loses oxygen to form Cr3+ so it is not the reducing agent, rather it is the oxidizing agent i.e. the substance which itself gets reduced (loses oxygen or gains electrons)

To understand the case of H+going to form H2O we have to see it from the point of view of oxidation state. H​​​ has +1 oxidation state in H+ and in H2O, O has -2 oxidation state and to balance it each of the two H has +1 oxidation state. So it is H+ is neither oxidized nor reduced.

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