Reducing Agent
Last Updated: 2/27/19 by Support
1Reducing Agent
A reducing agent (also called a reducer, or reductant) is a substance that causes another molecule, atom, or ion to undergo reduction.
Reduction
A reducing agent has a strong propensity towards oxidation,
Oxidation
giving it the ability to donate electrons to another molecule and cause a reduction reaction.
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