The whitening toothpastes showed differences in their physical-chemical properties. All toothpastes promoted changes to the surface, probably by the use of a bleaching agent.
2KMnO4+3Na2SO3+H2O→2MnO2+3Na2SO4+2KOH
In a reaction, the reducing agent is the element or compound that donates electron or the one tht loses electrons. The oxidized species. The opposite is called the oxidizing agent. It is the one who accepts the electrons lost. For this reaction KMnO4 is reduced into MnO2.
The mass of an atom and the equivalent of to the number of protons and neutrons in the atom