Oxidising agent
What Oxidising agent means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The species that gains electrons and is itself reduced.
A substance that gives oxygen to another substance.
Topics that use Oxidising agent
- Key ideas (AQA GCSE)
- Metal oxides (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Reducing agent
- Action at a distance
- Activation energy
- Active site
- Adaptation
- Anaerobic respiration
- Balanced symbol equation
- Carbon and nitrogen cycles
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