Reducing agent
ELEMENT OR COMPOUND THAT LOSES (OR "DONATES") AN ELECTRON TO ANOTHER CHEMICAL SPECIES IN A REDOX CHEMICAL REACTION; LOSING ELECTRONS,OXIDIZED,"REDUCES" (ARE "OXIDIZED" BY) OXIDIZERS (OXIDIZING AGENTS)
Reductant; Reducing ion; Reduction agent; Reducing Agents; Reducing agents; Reduction half reaction; Reducing Agent; Reducer (chemistry)
In chemistry, a reducing agent (also known as a reductant, reducer, or electron donor) is a chemical species that "donates" an electron to an (called the , , , or ).