How to find strength of oxidising character of an element.

With the help of the periodic table, you can find the strength of oxidising character of an element by remembering its trend.

Not only oxidising power you can find elements possess other properties given below:

 

Properties	Across the period (left to right)	Down the group (top to bottom)
Atomic size	Decreases	Increases
No. of valence electrons	Increases	Remains same
Metallic character	Decreases	Increases
Non-metallic character	Increases	Decreases
Electron affinity	Increases	Decreases
Electronegativity	Increases	Decreases
Ionisation energy	Increases	Decreases
Basic nature of oxides	Decreases	Increases
Melting point	Increases from Group I to Group IV and then decreases	Decreases in Groups I and II Decreases in Groups III and IV Increases in Groups V to VII
Boiling point	Increases from Group I to Group IV and then decreases	Decreases in Groups I and II Decreases in Groups III and IV Increases in Groups V to VII
Oxidising nature	Increases	Decreases
Reducing nature	Decreases	Increases