lolkeinthatsghey Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) The answer is "reducing agent." So here's what I have so far: ClO3- --> ClO2 ClO3: Cl +5; O -2 ClO2: Cl +4; O -2 I understand Cl is being reduced and nothing is being oxidized. My teacher taught me that if something is being reduced than you need an oxidizing agent? So my brain is telling me that since I have something being reduced, I would need an oxidizing agent. Why is it reducing agent? (I really hate redox Edited July 17, 2017 by lolkeinthatsghey Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted July 17, 2017 Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) An oxidizing agent is actually being reduced. It's called as such because it facilitates a specific oxidation that is of interest, while the reduction of the oxidizing agent is mostly trivial or unimportant. EDIT: I would like to add that if English is not your first language then you can bring a dictionary into the exams and so that might help with differentiating some of the terms. Edited July 17, 2017 by kw0573 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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