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An oxidizing agent (also called an oxidant, oxidizer or oxidiser) can be defined as either:a chemical compound that readily transfers oxygen atoms, ora substance that gains electrons in a redox chemical reactionIn both cases, the oxidizing agent becomes reduced in the process.In simple terms:The oxidizing agent is reduced.The reducing agent is oxidized.All atoms in a molecule can be assigned an oxidation number. This number changes when an oxidant acts on a substrate.Redox reactions occur when oxidation states of the reactants change.

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  How To

• Release Date

  Oct 31, 2009

• Runtime

  24:23