Reducing Agents

Materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)

Year introduced: 1997

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Tree Number(s): D27.720.470.410.690

MeSH Unique ID: D019163

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• Agents, Reducing
• Reductant
• Reducing Agent
• Agent, Reducing
• Reductants

Previous Indexing:

• Oxidation-Reduction (1967-1996)

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Reducing Agents