Chemistry. Redox and Activity Series Review.
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What are transferred in an oxidation-reduction reaction?
In the reaction of sodium with oxygen, which atom is reduced?
In the reaction of sodium with oxygen, which atom is the reducing agent?
In the reaction of calcium with chlorine, which atom is oxidized?
In the reaction of calcium with chlorine, which atom is the oxidizing agent?
If an atom is reduced in a redox reaction, what must happen to another atom in the system?
Which ion can be most easily reduced?
Cu
Ni
Zn
Ca
8. What is the reducing agent in the following reaction?
2Na + 2H O  2NaOH + H
9. What is the reducing agent in the following reaction?
2Na + S  Na S
10. What happens to the manganese in the following reaction?
2MnO4–(aq) + 5H2O2(aq) + 6H+(aq) → 2Mn2+(aq) + 8H2O(l) + 5O2(g)
11. What happens (oxidized/reduced, oxidation # increase/decrease) to iodine when
iodate ions, IO3–, are converted to iodine molecules, I2?
12. Consider the following reactions of three unknown metals X, Y and Z.
2XNO3(aq) + Y(s) → 2X(s) + Y(NO3)2(aq)
Y(NO3)2(aq) + Z(s) → No reaction
2XNO3(aq) + Z(s) → 2X(s) + Z(NO3)2(aq)
What is the order of increasing reactivity of the metals (least reactive first)?
13. When iron oxide becomes iron, what type of reaction occurs?
14. Identify the pair of metals that lists the more easily oxidized metal on the left.
Ag, Na
Ca, Al
Fe, K
K, Li
15. Which definition of oxidation is correct?
16. What is the oxidation half-reaction for the following unbalanced redox equation?
Cr O
+ Fe  Cr + Fe
17. What is the reduction half-reaction for the following unbalanced redox equation?
Cr O
+ NH  Cr O + N
18. Which element increases its oxidation number in the following reaction?
2Na + 2H O  2NaOH + H
19. In the following unbalanced reaction, which atom is reduced?
H O + Cl + SO
HCl + H SO
20. Identify the atom that increases in oxidation number in the following redox reaction.
2MnO + 2K CO + O
2KMnO + 2CO
21. Consider the following three redox reactions.
Cd(s) + Ni2+(aq) → Cd2+(aq) + Ni(s)
Ni(s) + 2Ag+(aq) → Ni2+(aq) + 2Ag(s)
Zn(s) + Cd2+(aq) → Zn2+(aq) + Cd(s)
 Deduce the order of reactivity of the four metals, cadmium, nickel, silver and
zinc and list in order of decreasing reactivity.
 Identify the best oxidizing agent and the best reducing agent.
22. In which species does sulfur have an oxidation number of 0?
23. What is the reducing agent in the reaction below?
2MnO4–(aq) + Br–(aq) + H2O(l) → 2MnO2(s) + BrO3–(aq) + 2OH–(aq)
24. Consider the following reaction.
MnO4–(aq) + 8H+(aq) + 5Fe2+(aq) → Mn2+(aq) + 5Fe3+(aq) + 4H2O(l)
 What reactant is the oxidizing agent and gains electrons.
25. Fertilizers may cause health problems for babies because nitrates can change into
nitrites in water used for drinking.
 Define oxidation in terms of oxidation numbers.
 Deduce the oxidation states of nitrogen in the nitrate, NO3–, and nitrite, NO2–,
ions.
26. Define oxidation in terms of electron transfer.
27. Chlorine can be made by reacting concentrated hydrochloric acid with potassium
manganate(VII), KMnO4.
2KMnO4(aq) + 16HCl(aq) → 2MnCl2(aq) + 2KCl(aq) + 5Cl2(aq) + 8H2O(aq)
 State the oxidation number of manganese in KMnO4 and in MnCl2.
 Deduce which species has been oxidized in this reaction and state the change in
oxidation number that it has undergone.
28. Which species is oxidized in the following reaction?
2Ag+(aq) + Cu(s) → 2Ag(s) + Cu2+(aq)
29. Which are redox reactions?
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2FeCl2 + Cl2 → 2FeCl3
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Mg + 2HNO3 → Mg(NO3)2 + H2
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H2O + SO3 → H2SO4
30. What is the reducing agent in this reaction?
Cu(s) + 2 NO 3 (aq) + 4H+(aq) → Cu2+(aq) + 2NO2(g) + 2H2O(l)