Why is oxygen called a oxidizer?

Answer 1

An oxidizer is a substance that releases oxygen or another oxidizing material. The release can be accompanied by the production of heat.

An oxidizer is a substance that releases oxygen to combine with another material for the purpose of combustion.

An oxidizer, in terms of chemistry, also known as oxidizing agent gains electrons. Oxidation is loss of electron and reduction is gain of electron.

Answer 2

Something combined with oxygen. Some common examples are iron oxide (rust, or Fe2O3), titanium dioxide (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), silicon dioxide (sand, or SiO2).

Answer 3

Oxygen is considered an oxidizer because it accepts electrons. Many other elements can also act as oxidizers. They need not be oxygen containing molecules. Originally though, all oxidizers were THOUGHT to be oxygen containing molecules, and since what they did was accept electrons due to oxygens need for electrons, the molecules were called oxidizers.

Answer 4

Oxygen was named in 1777 by Antoine Lavoisier.

He first used the term "oxygéne" to refer to a newly discovered element that could be used to make acids.

The word came from the Greek root oxy-, meaning sharp or pungent, and -gen, meaning "that which creates." So oxygen means a substance that creates acids. (It was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition).

The word was adopted into the English language as "oxygen."

Answer 5

Oxidation is an interaction between oxygen molecules and all of the substances they come in contact with. At least one electron is lost when two or more substances interact.

Answer 6

allows chlorine, bromine, copper and silver to do their intended job of sanitizing

Answer 7

There are two types of bleach, oxidizers and reducers. A common oxidizer is chlorine bleach. A common reducer is sodium bisulfite.