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Reducing Agent

Last Updated: 2/27/19 by Support

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  1. Reducing Agent

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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