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Silicon dioxide and solid carbon react to form solid silicon and carbon monoxide.What is oxidized?
Silicon dioxide formula is SiO2
carbon is represented by C
silicon is represented by Si
Carbon monoxide is represented by CO
SiO2 +C(s)Si(s) +CO
Now balancing the equation we get
SiO2 +2C(s)Si(s)+2CO
oxidation state of oxygen that is O= -2 and Si =+4 in SiO2,and carbon in solid carbon is 0 on reactant side
The oxidation state of silicon on product side in solid silcion is 0 and the oxidation state of oxygen O=-2 and that
of carbon is +2 in carbon monoxide on product side
From the reaction we see silicon dioxide loses oxygen to form Silicon and carbon on reactant side gain oxygen
and oxidation number on carbon has increases from 0 to +2 that is from reactant side that is solid carbon to product side that is carbon in CO
So we can say carbon is getting oxidised that is solid carbon C(s) is getting oxidised to CO
Answer is solid carbon is oxidized that is C(s)