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Question
The element X has the electronic configuration 2, 8, 18, 8, 1. Without identifying X, write if X will be an oxidising agent or a reducing agent and why.
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Solution
It will act as a reducing agent since it has the ability to lose one electron from its valence shell.
\[\ce{X - e- -> X+}\]
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