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Hydrogen + copper(II) oxide= copper + steam, which substance is oxidized. explain your answers
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Hydrogen + copper(II) oxide= copper + steam, which substance is oxidized. explain your answers

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Hydrogen is oxidized. The H2 reactant has an oxidation number of 0 because it’s in its elemental form. In the H2O product, H has an oxidation number of +1. The increase in oxidation number is oxidation.
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