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How to work out which chemicals are oxidised and reduced in chemical reactions
First we must assign oxidation numbers
Mg and Cl2 have oxidation numbers of 0
Mg has oxidation num of +2, chlorine has oxidation num of -1
We always write oxidation number for ONE atom in reactions
We can see magnesium oxidation number increased from 0 to +2, so it has been oxidised.
Chlorine oxidation number decreased from 0 to -1, shows reduction has taken place.
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