Ammonia acts as a ________ agent.

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Solution

As you can see, here the Nitrogen atom has one lone pair of electrons which it can donate and oxidize (loss of electrons) itself. The species which accepts this lone pair of electrons will be reduced. Hence, it is a reducing agent.

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