In a redox reaction, an electron is lost by the oxidizing agent.
What is a redox reaction?
Any chemical reaction in which both oxidation and reduction occur with the losing and gaining of an electron is called a redox reaction.
Oxidation is a process of loss of electrons. The oxidizing agent is one which oxidizes the other and itself gets reduced i.e gain electrons.
Reduction is a process of gain of electrons. A reducing agent is one which reduces the other and itself gets oxidized i.e lose electrons.
[tex]Fe_2CO_3 + 3CO[/tex] → [tex]Fe_2 +3CO_2[/tex]
In this redox reaction, [tex]Fe_2CO_3[/tex] gets reduced to Fe and thus acts as an oxidising agent. CO gets oxidised and acts as a reducing agent.
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