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Why `PbO_2` is an oxidising agent.

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Due to inert pair effect `pb^(+2)` ion is relatively more stable than `pb^(4+)` ion readly gets reduced to `pb^(2+)` ion by accepting two electrons. That is why `PbO_2` is a good oxidising agent
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