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Question
Identify the substances that are oxidised and the substances that are reduced in the following reaction.
\[\ce{4Na(s) + O2(g) -> 2Na2O(s)}\]
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Solution
Sodium (Na) is oxidised as it gains oxygen and oxygen gets reduced.
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