oxidizing agent

noun

chem a substance that oxidizes another substance, being itself reduced in the process. Common oxidizing agents are oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and ferric salts Compare reducing agent

It is used as an oxidizing agent and for absorbing sulphurous oxide.

Nitro-hydrochloric acid contains Chlorine, which is an oxidizing agent, and probably exerts in the blood an action of this kind.

The same fact was observed in 1858 by Hofmann, who used the tetrachloride of carbon as an oxidizing agent.

The concentrated solution is a powerful oxidizing agent; organic matter being oxidized so rapidly that it frequently inflames.

It is a very powerful oxidizing agent; wood and paper in contact with the acid inflame with explosive violence.

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