What does it mean for an element to be reduced?
What does it mean for an element to be oxidized?
What is an oxidizing agent?
What is a reducing agent?
How do you identify oxidizing and reducing agents?
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Sign up to join this communityWhat does it mean for an element to be reduced?
What does it mean for an element to be oxidized?
What is an oxidizing agent?
What is a reducing agent?
How do you identify oxidizing and reducing agents?
My instructor told me to remember LEO and GER.
LEO - loss of electron is oxidation
GER - gain of electron is reduction.
Sodium metal wants to give up an electron. It looses an electron, so it is oxidized.
Chlorine likes electrons. It gains electrons, so it is reduced.
Sodium is a reducing agent since it donates an electron.
Chlorine is an oxidizing agent since it will grab an electron.
A reducing agent is oxidized and an oxidizing agent is reduced.