Charcoal is used as a fuel and as a reducing agent in metallurgical processes.
Hydrogen peroxide can also react as a reducing agent, thus silver oxide is reduced with a rapid evolution of oxygen.
It is used for separating metals from their solutions, and generally as a reducing agent.
The action of a reducing agent is the separation of the oxygen or sulphur from the metal with which it is combined.
To develop the image the exposed plate is immersed in a solution of some reducing agent called the developer.
Under certain circumstances, however, it plays the part of a reducing agent.
Sulphur in iron pyrites also acts as a reducing agent upon litharge, and increases the apparent effect in a similar manner.
For oxidised ores, charcoal or tartar is employed as the reducing agent.
Carbon in some form is necessary both as a fuel and as a reducing agent.
The compound is readily prepared by the action of sulphurous acid or any other reducing agent on the quinone.
reducing agent n.
A substance that chemically reduces other substances, especially by donating an electron or electrons.