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