CAIE IGCSE Chemistry 6.4.12 Reducing Agent As a Substance That Questions
Identify a reducing agent as the species that donates electrons or loses oxygen and is oxidised in the redox reaction.
- Syllabus
- 2026–2028
- Course
- Chemistry 0620
Exam points
- define a reducing agent as reducing another substance while being oxidised itself
- identify the reducing agent as the species that donates electrons or loses oxygen
- explain reducing-agent behaviour for ethanol, bromide ions and ammonia
- distinguish the reducing agent from the species being reduced
CAIE IGCSE Chemistry 6.4.12 Reducing Agent As a Substance That Questions question 1
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Ethanol is manufactured by two methods:
method 1 fermentation of aqueous glucose
method 2 catalytic addition of steam to an alkene.
Ethanol can be converted to ethanoic acid by reacting it with an acidified oxidising agent.
State, in terms of redox, what type of reagent ethanol is in this reaction.
reducing agent
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