reducing agent

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.

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reducing agent British  

noun

1. chem a substance that reduces another substance in a chemical reaction, being itself oxidized in the process Compare oxidizing agent

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Etymology

Origin of reducing agent

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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reducing agent

Using green hydrogen as a reducing agent avoids these greenhouse gas emissions.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024

But the milling did prompt the aluminium to act as a reducing agent, as he expected.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 30, 2023

NAD+ , a reducing agent, can donate its electrons and protons to organic molecules.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

"What we do is basically swapping carbon for electricity as a reducing agent," explained Adam Rauwerdink, the company's senior vice president of business development.

From Salon ● May 17, 2022

By reason of its permanent composition and its richness, it is an excellent substitute for street-gas in incandescent lighting, a good furnace fuel reducing agent.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by R. E. Mathot