How does the position of an element on the Periodic Table reflect the oxidizing ability of that element?
1 Answer
Feb 6, 2017
Excluding the Noble Gases, elements become more oxidizing across the Periodic Table, from LEFT TO RIGHT as we face the Table.
Explanation:
We assess the ability of an atom to be reduced. Why? Because oxidation is the formal loss of electrons, which must be formally incorporated into another element or species.
Both dioxygen and difluorine gas are the most oxidizing species on the Periodic Table:
It is intuitively reasonable, that as atomic number,