reducing agent
reducing agent · reducing agents
Reduktionsmittel
Any substance that reduces, or donates electrons to, anotherAny substance that reduces, or donates electrons to, another; in so doing, it becomes oxidized.
Meaning
1 sensesAny substance that reduces, or donates electrons to, another; in so doing, it becomes oxidized.
Reduktionsmittel
More definitions
- a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
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By meaning 1
any substance that reduces, or donates electrons to, another:
Forms
plural: reducing agents| Singular | reducing agent |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsSee also
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