oxidizing agent

Also known as oxidizer, oxidant, oxidiser, oxidising agent, Oxidizing Agents, prooxidant, oxidants

chemical compound used to oxidize another substance

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An oxidizing agent is a chemical compound that causes another substance to lose electrons in a chemical reaction, a process called oxidation. These agents are important in many everyday processes, from burning fuel to disinfecting surfaces to powering batteries.

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Role of nrf2 in oxidative stress and toxicity.ReviewAnnual review of pharmacology and toxicology · 2013Ma QDOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-011112-140320
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The clinical toxicology of sodium hypochlorite.ReviewClinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2019Slaughter RJ, Watts M, Vale JA et al.DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2018.1543889
Oxidants, oxidative stress and the biology of ageing.ReviewNature · 2000Finkel T, Holbrook NJDOI: 10.1038/35041687
Oxidizing agent impacting on growth of ZnO tetrapod nanostructures and its characterization.Environmental research · 2021Yang D, Gopal RA, Lkhagvaa T et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111032
Peroxynitrite: a potent oxidizing and nitrating agent.ReviewIndian journal of experimental biology · 2006Kamat JP
Effective stabilization of electrochemically prepared ecological oxidizing agent-ferrate(VI)-by encapsulation in zeolite and its application to water containing SARS-CoV-2 virus.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2023Mališová E, Guštafík A, Tamáš M et al.DOI: 10.1002/wer.10940
Ammonia-mediated iron cycle for oxidizing agent activation in advanced oxidation process.Water research · 2023Wang G, Li B, Zhang YDOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120295

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Commons category: Oxidizing agents
short name: OX

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The international pictogram for oxidizing chemicals. Dangerous goods label for oxidizing agents

An oxidizing agent (also known as an oxidant, oxidizer, electron recipient, or electron acceptor) is a substance in a redox chemical reaction that gains or "accepts"/"receives" an electron from a reducing agent (called the reductant, reducer, or electron donor). In other words, an oxidizer is any substance that oxidizes another substance. The oxidation state, which describes the degree of loss of electrons, of the oxidizer decreases while that of the reductant increases; this is expressed by saying that oxidizers "undergo reduction" and "are reduced" while reducers "undergo oxidation" and "are oxidized". Common oxidizing agents are oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and the halogens.