An oxidizing agent (also oxidant, oxidizer or oxidiser) is the element or compound in an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction that accepts an electron from another species. Because the oxidizing agent is gaining electrons (and is thus often called an electron acceptor), it is said to have been reduced. The oxidizing agent itself is reduced, as it ...
(from the article `aging`) The metabolic activities of organisms produce highly reactive chemicals, including strong oxidizing agents. The internal structure of the cell, ... ...and is thus oxidized, and each chlorine atom gains an electron and is thus reduced. In this reaction, sodium is called the reducing agent (it ... ...+ A2. Th...
The substance that oxidizes another substance and is reduced.
The substance that oxidizes another substance and is reduced.
A compound that causes oxidation, thereby itself being reduced.
<chemistry> A reactant that accepts electrons from another reactant. The oxidizing agent is the species getting reduced. ... (09 Jan 1998) ... 
a substance that acts as an electron acceptor in a chemical oxidation-reduction reaction.
(ok;su1-d1z-ing) An atom that accepts electrons in an oxidation-reduction reaction.