Common Oxidizing Agents
- Oxygen (O2)
- Ozone (O3)
- Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and other inorganic peroxides
- Fluorine (F2), chlorine (Cl2), and other halogens
- Nitric acid (HNO3) and nitrate compounds
- Sulfuric acid (H2SO4)
- Peroxydisulfuric acid (H2S2O8)
- Peroxymonosulfuric acid (H2SO5)
- Chlorite, chlorate, perchlorate, and other analogous halogen compounds
- Hypochlorite and other hypohalite compounds, including household bleach (NaClO)
- Hexavalent chromium compounds such as chromic and dichromic acids and chromium trioxide, pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC), and chromate/dichromate compounds
- Permanganate compounds such as KMnO4
- Sodium perborate
- Nitrous oxide (N2O)
- Silver oxide (Ag2O)
- Osmium tetroxide (OsO4)
- Tollens' reagent
- 2,2'-Dipyridyldisulfide (DPS)
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