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name the substance getting oxidised and the one getting reduced in the following reaction:
2H₂S+SO₂arroow2H₂O + 3 S

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Oxidation is addition of oxygen or removal of hydrogen. Reduction is addition of hydrogen and removal of oxygen. Hence , in the above reaction , H₂S is getting oxidised and SO₂ is getting reduced.

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