Sodium sulfate reacts with carbon to produce the products sodium sulfide and carbon monoxide. Identify the reducing agent in the
2 answers:
Answer : The correct option is, carbon (C)
Explanation :
Oxidizing agent : Oxidizing agent are the agent that gains electrons and is reduced in a chemical reaction.
Reducing agent : Reducing agent are the agent that lose electrons and is oxidized in a chemical reaction.
The given balanced chemical reaction is,
First we have to calculate the oxidation number of sulfur and carbon.
The oxidation state of 'S' in and
are, (+6) and (-2) respectively.
The oxidation state of 'C' in and
are, (0) and (+2) respectively.
From this we conclude that, the act as an oxidizing agent and 'C' act as a reducing agent.
Hence, the reducing agent in the following reaction is, carbon (C)
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Explanation:
A double displacement reaction is one in which exchange of ions take place. The salts which are soluble in water are designated by symbol (aq) and those which are insoluble in water and remain in solid form are represented by (s) after their chemical formulas.
Spectator ions are defined as the ions which does not get involved in a chemical equation or they are ions which are found on both the sides of the chemical reaction present in ionic form.
The given chemical equation is:
The complete ionic equation is:
The ions which are present on both the sides of the equation are lithium and chlorate ions. and hence are not involved in net ionic equation.
Thus the net ionic equation is: