Imagine that solid zinc, Zn, is added to hydrochloric acid, HCl, resulting in zinc chloride, ZnCl2, and hydrogen gas, H2. (Need help! Thanks!)

c.) What is being oxidized? How do you know?

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Imagine that solid zinc, Zn, is added to hydrochloric acid, HCl, resulting in zinc chloride, ZnCl2, and hydrogen gas, H2. (Need help! Thanks!) 

c.) What is being oxidized? How do you know?

e.cociuba · Answer

@jim_thompson5910 @Mertsj @aaronq

anonymous · Answer

is oxidation removing electrons or adding electrons?

anonymous · Answer

@e.cociuba

mertsj · Answer

Oxidation is the loss of electrons.

e.cociuba · Answer

losing of electrons

e.cociuba · Answer

@Mertsj yupp.

e.cociuba · Answer

Oh ok so I can determine that by the charges of the equation?

anonymous · Answer

yes, you can

e.cociuba · Answer

k hold on let me grab my periodic table, if I can find it :P

anonymous · Answer

if you can't find it, http://www.ptable.com/

abb0t · Answer

hold on, im trying to imagine all of this happening in my noggin :[

e.cociuba · Answer

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Ok so I think Im confuzzing myself! lol