Question

Assign oxidation states to all of the species in the following redox reaction. For the reactants, also identify electron loss or gain, the species oxidized, the species reduced, the oxidizing agent and the reducing agent.

	2Fe2+(aq)	+	Cl2(g)	-->	2Fe3+(aq)	+	2Cl-(aq)
Oxidation state	___		___		___		___
Electron gain/loss	_____		_____
Oxidized or reduced	_________		_________
Reducing or oxidizing agent	___		___

Total number of electrons transferred from the reducing agent to the oxidizing agent for the equation given is:

Answer 1

		+				+
Oxidation state	+2		0		+3		-1
Electron gain / loss	loss		gain
Oxidized or reduced	Oxidised		Reduced
Reducing or oxidising agent	Reducing agent		Oxidisng agent

gains 2 electrons to form . Hence, is reduced and acts as oxidising agent.

loses 2 electrons to form . Hence, is oxidised and acts as reducing agent.

Total number of electrons transferred from the reducing agent to the oxidizing agent for the equation given is 2.