An oxidant is areactantthat oxidizes or removeselectronsfrom other reactants during a redox reaction. An oxidant may also be called an oxidizer oroxidizing agent. When the oxidant includes oxygen, it may be called an oxygenation reagent or oxygen-atom transfer (OT) agent. How Oxidants Work An...
Applications Luminol has many purposes, the most important being crime scene investigation. Luminol is sprayed evenly over an area or substance and an oxidizing agent activates it, causing blood splatters and other forms of incriminating evidence to glow blue. A photograph is then taken immediately t...
The photoelectric effect states that if a photon (particle of light) has more energy than an electron it is interacting with, it will ionize that electron and separate it from the molecule it is attached to. Furthermore, if the photon has more energy than it needs to ionize the electron, ...
An oxyanion is a non-neutral atom with oxygen and a surplus of electrons. There are many different types of oxyanion, including...