Topic summary
oxidizing agents
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Oxidizing agent.
Common oxidizing agents
- Oxygen (O2)
- Ozone (O3)
- Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and other inorganic peroxides, Fenton's reagent
- Fluorine (F2), chlorine (Cl2), and other halogens
- Nitric acid (HNO3) and nitrate compounds such as potassium nitrate (KNO3), the oxidizer in black powder
- Potassium chlorate (KClO3)
- Xenon difluoride (XeF2)
- Xenon tetrafluoride (XeF4)
- Xenon hexafluoride (XeF6)
- Krypton difluoride (KrF2)
- Sulfur (S8)
- Peroxydisulfuric acid (H2S2O8)
- Peroxymonosulfuric acid (H2SO5)
- Hypochlorite, chlorite, chlorate, perchlorate, and other analogous halogen oxyanions
- Fluorides of chlorine, bromine, and iodine
- Hexavalent chromium compounds such as chromic and dichromic acids and chromium trioxide, pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC), and chromate/dichromate compounds such as Sodium dichromate (Na2Cr2O7)
- Permanganate compounds such as potassium permanganate (KMnO4)
- Sodium perborate ((Na)2·B2O4(OH)4)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O), Nitrogen dioxide/Dinitrogen tetroxide (NO2 / N2O4)
- Sodium bismuthate (NaBiO3)
- Cerium (IV) compounds such as ceric ammonium nitrate and ceric sulfate
- Lead dioxide (PbO2)