Name the oxidant and reductant in the following redox reaction. Zn + pbcl2 = Pb +ZnCl2

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Oxidant is Pb as its oxidation number decreasing from +2 to 0.

Reductant is Zn as its oxidation number increasse from 0 to +2.

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