For the following reactions, identify the atom(s) being oxidized and reduced: 2 AICI3(s)(a) 2 Al (s) + 3 Cl2(8)(b) C(s) + 2 Cl½(8)

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For the following reactions, identify the atom(s) being oxidized and reduced:

2 AICI3(s)
(a) 2 Al (s) + 3 Cl2(8)
(b) C(s) + 2 Cl½(8)

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A redox reaction is one in which both oxidation and reduction take place simultaneously. When a substance gains oxygen or loses electrons, it is said to have undergone the process of oxidation and contrarily when a substance loses oxygen or gains electrons, it is said to have undergone the process of reduction. In a redox reaction, one compound is oxidized while the other is reduced. Oxidation number is the number of electrons an atom has gained or lost in comparison to a neutral atom. Calculation of the oxidation number would be helpful in determining is a compound has undergone oxidation or reduction during a chemical reaction.

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