Question

What are oxidising agents. Answer in short.

Answer 1

oxidising agent is a substance which gives oxygen or remove hydrogen and cause the oxidation of other substance....

Answer 2

The substances which add oxygen to the product are called oxidising agents.

Alkali pottasium permaganate and acidified pottasium dichromate are oxydising agents.

Eg. CH3CH2OH+2[O] ==> CH3COOH+H2O.

Since, oxygen is added therefore, 2[O] (nascent oxygen) is an oxydising agent.

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