Balance the following equations in basic medium by ion electron method and oxidation number method and identify the oxidising agent and the reducing agent. P_(4)(s)+OH^(-)(aq)toPH_(3)(g)+H_(2)PO_(2)^(-)(aq)

Balance the following equations in basic medium by ion electron method

1.	Balance the following equations in basic medium by ion electron method and oxidation number method and identify the oxidising agent and the reducing agent. P_(4)(s)+OH^(-)(aq)toPH_(3)(g)+H_(2)PO_(2)^(-)(aq)
Answer» Solution : Balance these EQUATIONS according to the steps discussed in and. The balanced equations, OXIDISING and reducing agents are as follows. `P_(4)(s)+3OH^(-)(aq)+3H_(2)O(l)toPH_(3)(G)+3H_(3)PO_(2)^(-)(aq)` `P_(4)` acts both as an oxidising as well as reducing agents as it gets reduced to PH3 and at the same time gets oxidised to `H_(2)PO_(2)^(-)`.