Other Strong Oxidizing Agents

Reacts with sodium and potassium permanganates (oxidizing agents) yielding carbon dioxide, water, and chloride ions. Incompatible with other strong oxidizing agents (e.g., ozone), aluminum and its alloys. 

Cyanogen is a highly flammable gas. It forms explosive mixtures with air, LEL 6.6%, UEL 32% by volume. Reactions with oxygen, ozone, fluorine or other strong oxidizing agents can be explosive. Also, it can explode when exposed to spark, flame or heat. 

Sodium oxalate is used as an analytical standard for standardization of potassium permanganate and other strong oxidizing agents. It also is used in finishing textiles, tanning leather, and blue printing. 

Fluorine is a reactive, almost colorless gas of F2 molecules. Most of the fluorine produced by industry is used to make the volatile solid UF6 used for processing nuclear fuel (Section 17.12). Much of the rest is used in the production of SF6 for electrical equipment and to make fluorinated carbon compounds, such as Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene). Most fluoro-substituted hydrocarbons are relatively inert chemically they are inert to oxidation by air, hot nitric acid, concentrated sulfuric acid, and other strong oxidizing agents. 

When Bi(OH)3 in strongly alkaline solution is treated with chlorine or other strong oxidizing agents, bismuthates are obtained, but never in a state of high purity. 

Methionine sulfone is a product of oxidation of proteins with performic acid ( 2.5.1) or other strong oxidizing agents. Milder oxidation of methionine gives the sulfoxide derivatives ( 2.5.9.), which are also converted to the sulfone by performic acid. In general, quantitative yields of methionine sulfone are obtained by oxidation with performic acid. Methionine sulfone is stable to acid hydrolysis and elutes from most analyzer columns immediately after aspartic acid. Since the elution position of methionine sulfone is more sensitive to temperature changes than that of aspartic acid, these two amino acids may not be well resolved in some systems. However, temperature adjustments of the columns usually allow better separations to be obtained with the... 

Hazard Moderate fire risk, may explode if ground with chlorates, nitrates, or other strong oxidizing agents. 

Precaution Avoid Cl, F, and other strong oxidizing agents Hazardous Decomp. Prods. CO,... 

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