oxidizing agent

English

Alternative forms

• oxidising agent

Noun

oxidizing agent (plural oxidizing agents)

1. (chemistry) Any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another; in so doing, it becomes reduced.

Translations

any substance that oxidizes, or receives electrons from, another

• Finnish: hapetin (fi), hapete
• French: comburant (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: οξειδωτικό μέσο n (oxeidotikó méso)
• Japanese: 酸化剤 (sanka-zai)

Coordinate terms

• reducing agent

Further reading

• oxidizing agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia