What is a redox reaction? Is the substance reduced the oxidizing agent or the reducing agent? How

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What is a redox reaction? Is the substance reduced the oxidizing agent or the reducing agent? How about the substance oxidized? Explain. What is a half-reaction? Why must the number of electrons lost in the oxidation half-reaction equal the number of electrons gained in the reduction half-reaction when balancing a redox reaction?

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Chemistry

ISBN: 9781305957404

10th Edition

Authors: Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

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