In: Chemistry
Given the following equation, identify which substance gets oxidized, which gets reduced and which remains unchanged.
2KI + Cl2 --> 2KCl + I2
substance that gets oxidized --> must lose electrons
therefore
from
KI = I is -1 charged
from I2 = I is 0 charged
then
-1 to 0, there is a los of 1 electron per mol, Iodine is getting oxidized
then
Cl goes from 0 to -1, similar
this gians 1 electron, so it gets reduced