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Zinc oxide reacts with carbon, on heating, to form zinc metal and carbon monoxide. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction. Name (a) oxidising agent, and (b) reducing agent, in this

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Zinc oxide reacts with carbon, on heating, to form zinc metal and carbon monoxide. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction. Name

  1. oxidising agent, and
  2. reducing agent,

in this reaction.

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Solution

The balanced chemical reaction is as follows:

\[\ce{ZnO + C -> Zn + CO}\]

  1. Zinc oxide (ZnO)
  2. Carbon (C)
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Chapter 1: Chemical Reactions and Equations - Exercise 2 [Page 62]

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Lakhmir Singh Chemistry Part 2 [English] Class 10
Chapter 1 Chemical Reactions and Equations
Exercise 2 | Q 32. | Page 62

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