Given below are two reactions of water with sodium and carbon dioxide. What is the nature of water in these reactions?

(i) $2Na + 2{H}_{2}O \to 2NaOH + {H}_{2}$

(ii) $6C{O}_{2} + 12{H}_{2}O \to {C}_{6}{H}_{12}{O}_{6} + 6{H}_{2}O + 6{O}_{2}$

Question

Given below are two reactions of water with sodium and carbon dioxide. What is the nature of water in these reactions?

(i)

2Na + 2{H}_{2}O \to 2NaOH + {H}_{2}

(ii)

6C{O}_{2} + 12{H}_{2}O \to {C}_{6}{H}_{12}{O}_{6} + 6{H}_{2}O + 6{O}_{2}

Quantrex Academy · Accepted Answer

Correct answer: B. In (i) water acts an an oxidising agent while in (ii) it acts as a reducing agent

With sodium metal water acts as an oxidising agent and gets reduced to H _ 2 , with C O _ 2 water acts as a reducing agent and is oxidised to oxygen.

Given below are two reactions of water with sodium and carbon...