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Standard Reduction Potential Ranks Strength

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A more positive standard reduction potential marks a stronger oxidizing agent, eager to be reduced; a more negative value marks a stronger reducing agent, eager to be oxidized.

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F2, strongly positive, is among the strongest common oxidizers; Li, strongly negative, is among the strongest reducers.

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Ranking by magnitude alone, ignoring sign, confuses the strongest oxidizer with the strongest reducer.