What does oxidizing mean in science?
1 Answer
Sep 4, 2017
It means liable to cause an oxidation reaction......
Explanation:
And the two most oxidizing species are
Oxidation involves the formal loss of electrons.....
And this is a way to quantify the reaction with say dioxygen......
And for every oxidation there is a corresponding REDUCTION, here of an OXIDIZING agent, a species that accepts electrons......
And so we take