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Reducing agent
A
reducing agent (also called a
reductant or
reducer) is an element or compound that loses (or "donates") an
electron to another
chemical species in a
redox chemical reaction. Since the reducing agent is losing electrons, it is said to have been oxidized.
reductant
Noun
1. a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the slackened silver
(synonym) reducing agent, reducer
(hypernym) chemical agent
(hyponym) hydrazine
(derivation) deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
reducing agent (reductant)
Compare with
oxidizing agent .A reducing agent is a substance that
reduce another substance by supplying electrons to it. Reducing agents cause other substances to be reduced in chemical reactions while they themselves are oxidized. For example, tin(II) is a reducing agent in the following reaction: Sn
2+(aq) + 2 Fe
3+(aq)
Sn
4+(aq) + 2 Fe
2+(aq)
reductant
reductant