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QUESTION:

Based on periodic trends, which elements in Problem 39 (in their elemental form) would you expect to be good reducing agents?

(a) potassium

(b) fluorine

(c) iron

(d) chlorine

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QUESTION:

Based on periodic trends, which elements in Problem 39 (in their elemental form) would you expect to be good reducing agents?

(a) potassium

(b) fluorine

(c) iron

(d) chlorine

ANSWER:

Answer :

A reducing agent (also called a reductant or reducer) is an element (such as calcium) or compound that loses (or "donates") an electron to another chemical species in a redox chemical reaction. Since the reducing agent is losing electrons, it is said to have been oxidized.

If any chemical is an electron donor (reducing agent), another must be an electron recipient (oxidizing agent).

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