AgNO₃ will act as the oxidising agent.
<h3><u>For the given chemical equation:</u></h3>
Cu + 2AgNO₃ → 2Ag + Cu(NO₃)₂
Half reactions for the given chemical reaction:
<u>Reducing agent:</u>
Cu → Cu²⁺ + 2e⁻
Copper is a reducing agent because it is losing 2 electrons, which causes an oxidation process.
<u>Oxidising Agent</u>:
Ag⁺ + e⁻ → Ag
The silver ion undergoes a reduction process and is regarded as an oxidizing agent since it is acquiring one electron per atom.
Hence, AgNO₃ is considered as an oxidizing agent and therefore the correct answer is Option B.
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Oxidising and Reducing agents</u></h3>
- An oxidizing agent is a substance that reduces itself after oxidizing another material. It passes through a reduction process in which it obtains electrons and the substance's oxidation state is decreased.
- A reducing agent is a chemical that oxidizes after reducing another material. It passes through an oxidation process in which it loses electrons and the substance's oxidation state increases.
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Democritus, theorized that atoms were specific to the material which they composed. In addition, Democritus believed that the atoms differed in size and shape, were in constant motion in a void, collided with each other; and during these collisions, could rebound or stick together.
<u>Explanation:</u>
- One of the main atomic theorists was Democritus, a Greek philosopher who lived in the fifth century BC. Democritus realized that if a stone was partitioned fifty-fifty, the two parts would have indistinguishable properties from the whole.
- Therefore, he contemplated that if the stone were to be constantly cut into littler and littler pieces at that point; sooner or later, there would be a piece that would be so little as to be inseparable. He called these small pieces of matter as "atomos", the Greek word for inseparable.
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Democritus estimated that atoms were explicit to the material which they made. Also, Democritus accepted that the particles varied in size, were an inconsistent shape, crashed into one another; and during these impacts, could bounce back or stay together. Hence, changes in the matter were a consequence of separations or mixes of the atoms as they moved all through the void.
