The following reaction is responsible for producing electricity in your car battery (often called a lead storage

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The following reaction is responsible for producing electricity in your car battery (often called a lead storage battery):

Pb + PbO + 2 HSO4 2 PbSO4 + 2 HO

(a) Assign an oxidation state to each atom.

(b) Identify the atom that gets oxidized and the atom that gets reduced.

(c) Identify the reactant that is the oxidizing agent and the reactant that is the reducing agent.

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Introductory Chemistry Atoms First

ISBN: 9780321927118

5th Edition

Authors: Steve Russo And Michael Silver

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