Edexcel IAL Chemistry AS 8.6 Oxidising and reducing agents
Edexcel IAL Chemistry AS 8.6 Oxidising and reducing agents
Track the reacting species rather than the element alone: the oxidising agent gains electrons and is reduced, whereas the reducing agent loses them and is oxidised.
How this is tested
- Select the oxidising agent as the reacting species that gains electrons and is reduced.
- Select the reducing agent as the species that loses electrons and is oxidised.