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Is HCl an oxidizing agent or reducing agent?

reducing agent because it has room to gain electrons so it will be oxidized by an oxidizing agent. It is in the reduced form and can reduce other molecules by accepting their electrons. Therefore, NADH is the reducing agent and NAD+ is the oxidizing agent


What determines if an agent can act as an oxidizing agent or a reducing agent?

Oxidants (oxidizing agents) are capable of taking up electrons. The strongest oxidant elements are found in the upper-right corner of the periodic table (O, F, Cl), except the noble gases (group 18).Reductant donate electons, the strongest elemental reductants are 'left and low' in the periodic table (Cs, Ba, Rb), except Li (left-high) which is exceptionally the strongest.Ox + e- --> R-Red --> O+ + e-Together:Ox + Red --> O+R-


What is the effect of replacing iodine with other oxidizing agents?

The effect of replacing iodine with other oxidizing agents is that the substance being stained will not be stained. Iodine is the only oxidizing agent to dye the material.


What is the reducing agent in C plus 2Cl2 equals CCl4?

H2 + Cl2 --> 2HCl Think of it like this. H2 begins with two electrons, Cl2 begins with 14 (it is diatomic and originally has 7 electrons, so 7 + 7 = 14). The reducing agent is the one being oxidized (you need to remember that!) and if something is being oxidized, it is going from having more electrons to less electrons. 2HCl has 16 electrons (where H has two and Cl has fourteen), so, unless there is a charge on any of these compounds that you did not include in your question, no, Cl is not the reducing agent.


When a reducing agent donates an electron to another molecule the reducing agent is?

This reducing agent.

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How is gelatin best described as being?

A thickening/hardening agent created by boiling animal (bovine) bones.


Gelatin is best described as being a?

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Is Gelatine the same as shortening?

No...Pectin is a thickening agent made from fruit sugars.Gelatin is a thickening/hardening agent created by boiling animal (bovine) bones.


What is a dispersal agent?

A dispersion agent is a chemical substance that is added to a liquid to prevent it from hardening. The agent will cause distribution of ingredients in the entire product.


What ia Gelatin?

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Is gelatin a salt?

No... Gelatin is a thickening/hardening agent created by boiling animal (bovine) bones.


What does gelatinized mean?

It's a thickening/hardening agent created by boiling animal (bovine) bones.


What does gelatin do to skittles?

A thickening/hardening agent created by boiling animal (bovine) bone and makes them chewy :)


Can you make gelatin out of fish?

No Gelatin is a thickening/hardening agent created by boiling animal (bovine) bones.


What are the materials used in Gelatin?

Gelatin is a thickening/hardening agent created by boiling animal (bovine) bones in water.


Does coke have gelatin?

No...Gelatin is thickening/hardening agent created by boiling animal (bovine) bones and isn't needed in soft drinks.


What is the effect of silicon in carbon steel?

Silicon is used as a deoxidising (killing) agent in the melting of steel, as a result, most steels contain a small percentage of silicon. Silicon contributes to hardening of the ferritic phase in steels and for this reason silicon killed steels are somewhat harder and stiffer than aluminium killed steels.