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Which of the following oxide can act as both reducing and oxidising agent? |
Dinitrogen oxide Nitric oxide Nitrogen dioxide Dinitrogen pentoxide |
Nitric oxide |
Nitric oxide acts as both an oxidising agent and a reducing agent whereas all the other oxides of nitrogen act as oxidising agents only. The oxidising nature of nitric acid can be observed in its reaction with hydrogen sulphide while its reducing nature can be observed in its reaction with acidified potassium permanganate. |