Identify the substances that are oxidised and the substances that are reduced in the following reactions.

(i)

(ii)

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Solution

(i) Sodium (Na) is oxidised as it gains oxygen and oxygen gets reduced.

(ii) Copper oxide (CuO) is reduced to copper (Cu) while hydrogen (H₂) gets oxidised to water (H₂O).

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