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What type of chemical reaction is potassium nitrate (KNO3) and sugar (C12H22O11) be?

We mixed 3:2 ratio, melted it and lit it on fire, producing smoke.

What type of chemical reaction is potassium nitrate (KNO3) and sugar (C12H22O11) be?

We mixed 3:2 ratio, melted it and lit it on fire, producing smoke.

 

Nitrate is one of nitrogen's highest oxidation states. Ammonium nitrate is used as an oxidizer in some explosives. That's a pretty strong hint. Also, have you ever heard the term "reducing sugar"?

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Nitrate is one of nitrogen's highest oxidation states. Ammonium nitrate is used as an oxidizer in some explosives. That's a pretty strong hint. Also, have you ever heard the term "reducing sugar"?

 

 

no i havent heard of "reducing sugar" before.

is oxidation a type of chemical reaction?

It is indeed a type of chemical reaction. As is reduction, subsitution, elimination, decomposition

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so is this type of chemical reaction oxidation? or would it be synthesis- combining 2 or more substances to create a new compound?

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