Why are some salts able to be both reducing and oxidizing agents?

Inside a flashbulb, oxygen surrounds a thin coil of magnesium. when the flashbulb is set off, a chemical reaction takes place in which magnesium combines with oxygen to form magnesium oxide. which of the chemical equations matches the reaction above? a. mg + o2 mgo2 + energy b. 2mg + o mg2o + energy c. 2mg + o2 2mgo + energy d. mg + o mgo + energy

Reduction is a reaction which results in a in electrons and a in positive charge of the atom or ion 1) a- loss 1) b- gain 2) a-increase 2) b-decrease

Apropane torch is lit inside a hot air balloon during preflight preparations to inflate the balloon. which condition of the gas remains constant