Chemistry A-Level
common oxidising agents
What common oxidising agents means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of common oxidising agents
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Powerful oxidising agents include manganate(VII), dichromate(VI) and the halogens.
Topics that use common oxidising agents
- Oxidation, reduction and redox equations (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- combining half-equations
- Disproportionation
- Half-equations
- Oxidation
- Oxidising Agent
- Reduction
- strength of halide reducing agents
- balancing with H₂O and H⁺
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