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Which substance is oxidised 2MgO + O2 → 2MgO


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Here the oxidizing agent is Mg and the reducing agent is the O2.

This is because Mg is getting taking in O and is reducing itself to form MgO.

This Magnesium oxide, or magnesia, so formed is a white hygroscopic solid mineral that occurs naturally as percales and is a source of magnesium.

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