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Question
By taking the example of metal oxide, explain the reducing nature of ammonia. Give the chemical equation for the reaction.
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Solution
Ammonia acts as a reducing agent by removing oxygen from heated metallic oxides and reducing them to their respective metals.
Heated black copper oxide (CuO) is reduced to reddish-brown copper metallic powder:
\[\ce{3CuO + 2NH3 -> 3Cu + 3H2O + N2 ^}\]
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