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[PLEASE ANSWER FAST] : When Sodium reacts with oxygen, it gives Sodium oxide. It is a redox reaction. What is the substance reduced here?

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Answer:

Oxygen is reduced

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because when oxygen is changing to Sodium oxide , metal is added . The addition of the metal there is reduction in this sense oxygen is reduced but with the sodium , oxygen is being added to the sodium hence sodium is oxidized

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Answer:

The substance reduced is oxygen.

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