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Commonly Found Reducing Agents?
Lots of oxidizing agents in common use, bleach, hydrogen peroxide, etc. Are there any commonly available reducing agents?
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- Roger the MoleLv 78 years agoFavourite answer
In industry, carbon is often used to reduce metal oxides. For example:
2 Fe2O3 + 3 C → 3 CO2 + 4 Fe
In organic chemistry labs, sodium borohydride (NaBH4) is frequently used as a reducing agent.
There's not much call for chemical reductions around the house, so it's hard to think of anything common there.
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