What are oxidizing agents and why are they used in explosives?
What will be an ideal response?
An oxidizing agent is a substance that supplies oxygen to a chemical reaction. An explosion occurs so rapidly that oxygen in the air cannot participate in the reaction. For this reason, many explosives must have their own source of oxygen in order to produce the chemical reaction necessary to create
an explosion.
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