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What is the reducing agent in the reaction below?

What is the reducing agent in the reaction below?-example-1

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Al is the reducing agent.That is answer B is the above answer
Al acts as a strong reducing agent. It reduces crO3 to form cr while Al is oxidized to Al2O3. Al is capable to reduce cr since Al is higher in reactivity series than cr.
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