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This document defines redox terms and asks the student to: 1) Deduce oxidation numbers for various atoms. 2) Write redox reactions from word equations by separating them into half reactions and combining. 3) Identify oxidizing and reducing agents in the reactions. 4) Identify any disproportionation reactions.

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Questions Redox Reactions

This document defines redox terms and asks the student to: 1) Deduce oxidation numbers for various atoms. 2) Write redox reactions from word equations by separating them into half reactions and combining. 3) Identify oxidizing and reducing agents in the reactions. 4) Identify any disproportionation reactions.

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Exercise - redox reactions

1. Define the terms:

a) Oxidation

b) Reduction

c) Oxidising agent

d) Reducing agent

e) Redox reaction

2. Deduce the oxidation numbers of the following atoms:

a) Si in SiF4 k) Tl in TlCl
b) S in H2S l) C in CaC2
c) Pb in PbO2 m) H in AlH3
d) S in H2SO4 n) C in C2O42-
e) N in NO3- o) I in IO3-
f) N in NO2- p) Cl in Cl2O7
g) I in I2 q) O in OF2
h) S in S2O32- r) Fe in Fe3O4
i) Cl in ClO- s) S in S4O62-
j) Cl in ClO3- t) C in HCN
3. Turn the following processes into redox reactions by writing out half-equations
and combining them:

a) PbO2 → Pb2+, Cl- → Cl2

b) S2O32- → S4O62-, I2 → 2I-

c) IO3- → I2, I- → I2

d) ClO- → ClO3-, ClO- → Cl-

e) H2SO4 → SO2, Br- → Br2

f) H2SO4 → S, I- → I2

g) H2SO4 → H2S, I- → I2

h) ClO- → Cl-, I- → I2

i) PbO2 → Pb2+, SO32- → SO42-

4. Identify the oxidising and reducing agents in the equations in question 2.

5. Identify any disproportionation reactions in question 2.

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