This document discusses oxidizing agents, which are substances that accept electrons from other substances during oxidation reactions. It defines oxidizing agents as electron acceptors and describes how they can either transfer oxygen atoms or accept electrons from reducing agents. Common oxidizing agents listed include chromic acid, potassium permanganate, oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and others. Factors like ionization potential and electronegativity can affect a substance's oxidizing properties. Applications of oxidizing agents include bleaching fabrics, purifying water, fuel combustion in engines, energy storage in batteries, and vulcanizing rubber.

1. Introduction to oxidizing agents
Submitted to: Miss Rukhsana
Submitted by: Hassan khalid
Roll no. 3216 (249148)
Semester: 7th morning

2. What is oxidation..?
• Oxidation is a loss of electrons
• gain of oxygen
• loss of hydrogen
Oxidation

3. Oxidizing Agent
What is oxidizing agent
• an oxidizing agent (oxidant, oxidizer), or oxidising
agent (oxidiser) is a substance that has the ability
to oxidize other substances — in other words
to accept their electrons.

4. Definition
As an electron acceptor:
• Electron acceptors participate in electron-transfer
reactions.
• The oxidizing agent is called an electron acceptor.
• The reducing agent is called an electron donor.

5. Definition
As an atom-transferring substance
• An oxidizing agent transfers oxygen atoms to a
substrate.
• The oxidizing agent can be called an oxygenation
reagent or oxygen-atom transfer (OAT) agent.

6. Common oxidizing agents
Chromic acid, potasaium permanganate,
Oxygen
Hydrogen peroxide
Potassium nitrate
Sodium perborate
Sodium bismuthate
Ozone
Hypochlorite
Peroxydisulpuric acid
Fluorine, chlorine
Chromium trioxide
Nitrous oxide
Peroxydisulpuric acid

7. Factors Affecting the Oxidizing and
Reducing Property:
• Ionisation potential.
• Electropositivity or electronegativity.
• Atomic size.
• Metallic and non-metallic character.
• Number of valence electrons.

8. Applications
• Bleaching of fabrics.
• Purification of water.
• Combustion of fuel involves the use of an oxidizing
agent.
• Storage of energy in batteries.
• Vulcanization of rubber (increasing the strength and
the elasticity of rubber).