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Question
Give two test for an oxidising agent.
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Solution
Test For An Oxidising Agent:
- On heating strongly, oxidising agent liberates oxygen and to test oxygen: O2 gas rekindles a glowing splinter.
- On warming oxidising agent with cone. HCl, it liberates chlorine, that bleaches moist litmus paper.
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