What Substance Is Oxidized in the Following Redox Reaction? Co(s)

question 42

Multiple Choice

What substance is oxidized in the following redox reaction? Co(s) + 2 HCl(aq) → CoCl₂(aq) + H₂(g)

• A)Co
• B)HCl
• C)CoCl₂
• D)H₂
• E)none of the above

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Definitions:

Uracil

A nitrogenous base found in RNA that pairs with adenine during RNA synthesis.

Nucleotide Bases

The building blocks of DNA and RNA molecules, consisting of adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine (T), and uracil (U, in RNA).

RNA

Ribonucleic acid, a molecule essential for various biological roles, including coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes.

Translation

Translation is a biological process by which messenger RNA is decoded by a ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide, that will fold into an active protein.