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Inorganic Chemistry (Essentials) - Class 12
Course: Inorganic Chemistry (Essentials) - Class 12 > Unit 1
Lesson 2: Group-14 elements- Trends in the properties of group-14 elements
- Inert pair effect and bonding: Carbon vs Lead
- Oxidising and reducing nature of group-14 elements
- Electron-precise nature of group-14 elements
- Chemical properties of group-14 elements
- Chemistry of some important oxides of carbon
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Oxidising and reducing nature of group-14 elements
In this video, we will figure out which of group-14 elements can act as an oxidising and a reducing agent depending on the stability of their oxidation states.
Timestamps
00:04 - Common oxidation states of group-14 elements.
00:59 - Oxidising nature of Pb(IV).
02:00 - Reducing nature of Sn(II).
03:40 - Is CO a reducing or an oxidising agent?
05:13 - Summary
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