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Oxidizing acids, being strong oxidizing agents, can often oxidize certain less reactive metals, in which the active oxidizing agent is not H + ions. For example, copper is a rather unreactive metal, and has no reaction with concentrated hydrochloric acid.
An oxidizing acid is an acid that contains an anion with a higher oxidation potential than the potential of the H + ion, or proton, present in all acids. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The international pictogram for oxidizing chemicals. Dangerous goods label for oxidizing agents. An oxidizing agent (also known as an oxidant, oxidizer, electron recipient, or electron acceptor) is a substance in a redox chemical reaction that gains or "accepts"/"receives" an electron from a reducing agent (called the reductant, reducer, or electron donor).
Examples of substances that are common reducing agents include hydrogen, Carbon monoxide, the alkali metals, formic acid, [1] oxalic acid, [2] and sulfite compounds. In their pre-reaction states, reducers have extra electrons (that is, they are by themselves reduced) and oxidizers lack electrons (that is, they are by themselves oxidized).
Oxidizing acids (1 C, 27 P) Oxygen fluorides (8 P) Ozone (2 C, 11 P) P. Periodates (7 P) Permanganates (15 P) Persulfates (11 P) R. Rocket oxidizers (20 P)
Carbonic acid is an illustrative example of the Lewis acidity of an acidic oxide. CO 2 + 2OH − ⇌ HCO 3 − + OH − ⇌ CO 3 2− + H 2 O. This property is a key reason for keeping alkali chemicals well sealed from the atmosphere, as long-term exposure to carbon dioxide in the air can degrade the material.
For example, nitrogen, sulfur and chlorine are strongly electronegative elements, and therefore nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and perchloric acid, are strong acids. If, however, the electronegativity of X is low, then the compound is dissociated to ions according to the latter chemical equation, and XOH is an alkaline hydroxide .
Some phosphorus oxoacids have two or more P atoms in different oxidation states. One example is Isohypophosphoric acid, H 4 P 2 O 6 (or H(OH)(O)P−O−P(O)(OH) 2), a tetraprotic acid and isomer of hypophosphoric acid, containing P in oxidation state +3 and +5; Phosphoric anhydride P 4 O 10 Some phosphoric acids