Oxidizing Agent

An oxidizing agent is a chemical substance that takes electrons from other substances. Oxidizing agents, sometimes called oxidizers or oxidants, are missing electrons and take them from other things that have electrons. The oxidizing agent is reduced as it gains electrons. The substance the electrons are taken from is the reducing agent. It is oxidized as the electrons leave.

Some oxidizing agents[edit]

• Oxygen
• Permanganate
• Chromate
• Sodium hypochlorite (household bleach)