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oxidizing agent

British

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

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These nanozymes mimic the activity of peroxidase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of a substrate by using hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023

Sodium chlorite finds an extensive application in the bleaching of paper because it is a strong oxidizing agent and does not damage the paper.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Nitrous acid is an active oxidizing agent with strong reducing agents, and strong oxidizing agents oxidize it to nitric acid.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Nitric oxide acts both as an oxidizing agent and as a reducing agent.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The chief use of potassium chlorate is as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of matches, fireworks, and explosives; it is also used in the preparation of oxygen and in medicine.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

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