2.20 Oxidization

Oxidization 
Metals and metal oxides 



Example 

Magnesium + copper oxide --> magnesium oxide + copper

Magnesium has been oxidized to magnesium oxide 
Copper has been reduced to copper

Copper oxide is the oxidizing agent
- it oxidizes but gets reduced in the process

Mg is the reducing agent
- it reduces the CuO to Cu but gets oxidized in the process

e.g. Ca + ZnO --> CaO + Zn

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