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reducing agent

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ID 697595 Last modified 01.12.2017
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Domain inorganic chemistrychemical engineering
reducing agent preferred
reductant
réducteur
  • aine, mille osakesed loovutavad elektrone (ise oksüdeerudes)
  • a substance that tends to bring about reduction by being oxidized and losing electrons
redutseerija
reducing agent preferred
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  • In a reduction reaction (which always occurs simultaneously with an oxidation reaction), the reducing agent is the chemical or substance which combined with oxygen donates electrons to the reaction.
reductant
reducer
réducteur
agent réducteur

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ID 672481 Last modified 18.08.2025
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Domain Chemistrymaterials science
taandaja preferred
redutseerija
reducing agent preferred
  • kemikaal, mis kõrgetel temperatuuridel alandab teiste kemikaalide oksüdatsiooni; ühend, mis taandamisel oksüdeerub ise (vt oksüdatsioon)
  • 1. a chemical that, at high temperatures, lowers the state of oxidation of other batch chemicals; 2. a compound that causes reduction, thereby itself becoming oxidized (see: oxidation)
taandaja preferred
redutseerija
reducing agent preferred
reductant

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