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Write chemical reactions to justifty that hydrogen peroxide can function as an oxidising as well as reducing agent.

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Water is amphoteric in nature, since it behave both as an acid as a base. It acts as an acid towards bases stronger than itself and as a base towards acids stronger than itelf.
`{:(H_(2)O_((i)),+,NH_(3(aq)),to,NH_(4(aq))^(o+),+,overset(o-)(O)H_(aq)),("Acid"_(1),,"Base"_(2),,"Acid"_(2),,"Base"_(1)),(H_(2)O_((i)),+,H_(2)O_((aq)),to,H_(3)O_((aq))^(o+),+,HS_((aq))^(Θ)),("Base"_(1),,"Acid"_(2),,"Acid"_(1),"Base"_(2),):}`
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