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Reducing agent   /rədˈusɪŋ ˈeɪdʒənt/   Listen
Reducing agent

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 loose silver.  Synonyms: reducer, reductant.





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"Reducing agent" Quotes from Famous Books



... is an easy matter to obtain sodium nitrite (NaNO{2}), as the reaction given on the previous page indicates. Instead of merely heating the nitrate, it is better to heat it together with a mild reducing agent, such as lead, when the reaction takes place which is expressed ...
— An Elementary Study of Chemistry • William McPherson


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