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What Is The Worlds Strongest Oxidizing Agent?
« on: May 15, 2006, 02:02:01 PM »
Hello,
I am new to this forum but really enjoy reading about chemistry, I managed as far as an Alevel back in 1987 before dropping the subject I have always wished I had taken chemistry instead of Physics at Uni
My question is, is there a stronger oxidizing agent than fluorine, when I search the net I have been told that fluorine is the strongest common oxidizing agent but I have never found anything stronger than fluorine at 2.7V

The nearest I think is perxenic acid at around 2.4V, so is there a compound out there which could oxidize fluorine out of hydrogen fluorde?

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Re: What Is The Worlds Strongest Oxidizing Agent?
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2006, 03:17:04 PM »
osmium tetroxide can.
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