BY CHECKING THE REACTIVITY OF AN ELEMENT WHICH IS MOST REACTIVE OR NOT AND YOU STUDY TYPE OF CHEMICAL REACTION IN 1 CH AND YOU CHECK THE REACTIVITY OF ELEMENTS IN 3 CH METALS AND NON METALS PAGE NO 45 IN NCERT BOOK
The balanced chemical equation is :
5P₄ + 36OH → 12HPO₃⁻² (aq) + 8PH₃ (acidic)
Here the oxidation number of P changed from 0 to -3 in PH₃ and increases from 0 to +3 in HPO₃⁻². When P₄ changes to PH₃ reduction reaction is taking place as there is addition of hydrogen and when P₄ changes to HPO₃⁻² oxidation takes place as there is addition of oxygen.
Thus clearly both reduction and oxidation are taking place.
Thus, we can infer that here P₄ is both oxidizing as well as reducing agent.
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