Definitions for reductant
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1. reducing agent, reducer, reductantnoun

   a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver

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1. reductantnoun

   A reducing agent

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1. reductant

   In chemistry, a reducing agent (also known as a reductant, reducer, or electron donor) is a chemical species that "donates" an electron to an electron recipient (called the oxidizing agent, oxidant, oxidizer, or electron acceptor). Examples of substances that are commonly reducing agents include the Earth metals, formic acid, oxalic acid, and sulfite compounds. In their pre-reaction states, reducers have extra electrons (that is, they are by themselves reduced) and oxidizers lack electrons (that is, they are by themselves oxidized). This is commonly expressed in terms of their oxidation states. An agent's oxidation state describes its degree of loss of electrons, where the higher the oxidation state then the fewer electrons it has. So initially, prior to the reaction, a reducing agent is typically in one of its lower possible oxidation states; its oxidation state increases during the reaction while that of the oxidizer decreases. Thus in a redox reaction, the agent whose oxidation state increases, that "loses/donates electrons", that "is oxidized", and that "reduces" is called the reducer or reducing agent, while the agent whose oxidation state decreases, that "gains/accepts/receives electrons", that "is reduced", and that "oxidizes" is called the oxidizer or oxidizing agent. For example, consider the overall reaction for aerobic cellular respiration:

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1. reductant

   A reductant, also known as a reducing agent, is a substance that has the potential to donate electrons in a chemical reaction, thereby reducing another substance by accepting its electrons. Reductants cause the reduction part of a redox (reduction-oxidation) reaction, which always occurs simultaneously with an oxidation reaction.

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   The numerical value of reductant in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of reductant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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