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Question
CO is a reducing agent. justify with an example.
Solution
Both thermodynamic and kinetic factors make carbon monoxide (CO) a better reducing agent.
When CO is used to reduce a metal oxide, it gets oxidized to CO2 Thermodynamically, CO2 is much more stable than CO.
For example, \[\ce{CO + Fe2O3 -> 2Fe + 3CO2}\]
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