Oxidising acids
any acid that acts as an oxidising agent, e.g. HCI, HNO3, H2SO4 etc.
Oxidising agent
substances that carry out oxidation, e.g., MnO4 and Cr2O27 in acid oxidises Fe22+ to Fe3+ or C2O42 to CO2 and water.
Oxidising agent (oxidant)
refers to a substance that brings about oxidation in other substances. It achieves this by being itself reduced. Oxidising agents are having atoms with high oxidation numbers; that is the atoms have suffered electron loss. In oxidizing other substances, these atoms gain electrons.


