reducing agent

English

Noun

reducing agent (plural reducing agents)

1. (chemistry) Any substance that reduces, or donates electrons to, another; in so doing, it becomes oxidized.

   Synonyms: reducer, reductant

Coordinate terms

• oxidizing agent

Translations

any substance that reduces, or donates electrons to, another

Bulgarian: редуктор m (reduktor) Chinese: Mandarin: 還原劑 / 还原剂 (zh) (huányuánjì) Finnish: pelkistin French: réducteur (fr) German: Reduktionsmittel (de) Greek: αναγωγικό μέσο n (anagogikó méso) Hebrew: חומר מחזר Indonesian: bahan pereduksi Italian: riducente (it) Japanese: 還元剤 (kangen-zai) Malay: agen penurunan Polish: reduktor m Spanish: reductor (es) m Turkish: indirge madde

Further reading

• reducing agent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia