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oxidizing agent

chemical compound used to oxidize another substance
Class type of: electron acceptor, noxa, comburent Q187689

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
class of chemical substances by use, role[5]
Subclass of
electron acceptor, noxa, comburent
Has use
oxidation[6]
Short name
OX[10]
Has effect
oxidation[9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
Opposite of
reducing agent[7]
Used by
redox[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en oxidizing agent en prooxidant en oxidizer en Oxidizing Agents en oxidants en oxidising agent en oxidiser en oxidant ar عامل أكسدة ar مؤكسد ar عامل مؤكسد cs oxidovadlo cs oxidant cs oxidační činidlo cs okysličovadlo da oxidationsmiddel de Oxydator de Oxidans de Oxidator de Oxidierend
🔖 Identifiers · 29
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85096316
GND ID
4202009-8
OpenAlex ID
C77176794
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300380303
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/oxidizing-agent
Freebase ID
/m/0197xl
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
oxidant-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0128745
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
oksidasjonsmiddel
IUPAC Gold Book ID
O04361
KBpedia ID
OxidizingAgent
Lex ID
oxidationsmiddel
Show all 29 identifiers +17
MeSH descriptor ID
D016877
MeSH tree code
D27.720.642, D27.888.569.540
MetaSat ID
oxidizer
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
77176794
Museum-digital tag ID
33210
NALT ID
241
NDL Authority ID
00570159
NL CR AUT ID
ph115637
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007555740305171
Quora topic ID
Oxidizing-Agent
Topic's main category
Category:Oxidizing agents
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10647674
UMLS CUI
C0085403
Wellcome Collection concept ID
qbeh463k
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14804199-n
YSO ID
15855
Yale LUX ID
concept/df92a6c1-d0f0-499d-bf6e-a3dbf9e3a70d

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🔗 Connections
← Subject has role 20
hydrogen peroxide, ammonium nitrate, potassium permanganate, sodium hypochlorite, hypochlorous acid, benzoyl peroxide, dinitrogen tetroxide, superoxide +12 more
Subtypes 9
oxygen, ozone, hydrogen peroxide, liquid oxygen, dinitrogen tetroxide, piranha solution, chlorine-releasing compound, oxidizing acid +1 more
← Has use 4
nitric acid, hypochlorite ion, ferrate(VI) ion, nitronium perchlorate
Belongs to 2
bleach, Armstrong's mixture
Subclass of 2
electron acceptor, comburent
← Has part(s) of the class 2
electron acceptor, comburent
Has effect 1
oxidation
Has use 1
oxidation
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Opposite of 1
reducing agent
Topic's main category 1
Category:Oxidizing agents
Used by 1
redox
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Oxidizing agents
← Has cause 1
reduction
← Opposite of 1
reducing agent
← Used by 1
reduction
← Uses 1
combustion
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Summary

oxidizing agent is a class of chemical substances by use[1]. It is a type of electron acceptor[2], noxa[3], and comburent[4].

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  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Opposite of → reducing agent
    Topic's main category → Category:Oxidizing agents
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ YSO ID: 15855, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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