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Title: Which of the following entities is the strongest oxidizing agent?
Post by: EA on May 7, 2014
1. Which of the following entities is the strongest oxidizing agent?
A. Y
B. Z
C. Y3+
D. Z2+

2. Which of the following entities is the most likely to lose electrons in a given environment?
A. Y
B. Z
C. Y3+
D. Z2+


Title: Re: Which of the following entities is the strongest oxidizing agent?
Post by: mp5995 on May 9, 2014
oxidizing agent is element of compound that accept e-
YZ ---> Y+3   +   Z+2
which means in YZ the Y is +2   and the Z is +3
therefore the one that received an electron is Z.  it went from +3 to +2