Identify the reduced substance, the oxidized substance, the reducing agent, and the oxidizing agent in the reaction of zinc with copper ions. Zn(s)+Cu2+(aq)⟶Zn2+(aq)+Cu(s) Which substance in the reaction gets reduced?

Zinc is the oxidized substance and therefore the reducing agent.

Copper is the reduced substance and therefore the oxidizing agent.

Explanation:

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In this case, since the following chemical reaction is a redox one because the oxidation states of the species there are changed, the first step is to assign the oxidation states for all the species there as shown below:

Since metallic zinc a copper are pure elements so they are not oxidized. Now, since zinc increases its oxidation state from 0 to +2, we infer zinc is the oxidized substance and therefore the reducing agent. Moreover, since copper decreases its oxidation state from +2 to 0, we infer copper is the reduced substance and therefore the oxidizing agent.

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