Question

State the relationship between oxidation and oxidising agent in a redox reaction. Give an example of redox reaction showing the relationship between oxidation and oxidising agent.

Answer 1

Oxidation is addition of oxygen or removal of hydrogen. The oxidising agent causes oxidation of other compound by getting reduced.
eg: $CuO+H_2\to Cu+H_{2}O$
CuO is getting reduced to Cu, so it is an oxidising agent. It oxidises $H_2$ to $H_{2}O$