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Definition of Oxidizing
1. oxidize [v] - See also: oxidize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidizing
Literary usage of Oxidizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"In Table III all the substances are oxidizing agents and we find that the EMF
... Similarly, by assuming the decomposition of the anion of an oxidizing ..."
2. General Chemistry for Colleges by Alexander Smith (1908)
"Explanation of the Activity of Hypochlorous Acidas an oxidizing Agent. ...
On this account it brings to the task of oxidizing any substance more energy than ..."
3. The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1904)
"Hydrogen Dioxide a Good oxidizing Agent.—On account of the ease with which hydrogen
dioxide gives up oxygen it is a good oxidizing agent. ..."
4. Principles of Inorganic Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1903)
"Hydrogen Dioxide a Good oxidizing Agent.—On account of the ease with which hydrogen
dioxide gives up oxygen it is a good oxidizing agent. ..."
5. Practical Chemistry: Fundamental Facts and Applications to Modern Life by Newton Henry Black, James Bryant Conant (1920)
"oxidizing substances. The most important use of chlorine is in the preparation
of dilute solutions of hypochlorous acid (HOCl) and its salts. ..."
6. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"This process divides itself into three distinct periods, namely, an oxidizing
period, a reducing period, and a finishing period, a combination of conditions ..."
7. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"This process divides itself into three distinct periods, namely, an oxidizing
period, a reducing period, and a finishing period, a combination of conditions ..."
8. Agriculture in Some of Its Relations with Chemistry by Frank Humphreys Storer (1887)
"Hence it is by no means impossible that part of the good effect of gypsum, when
employed as a fertilizer, may be due to this oxidizing power brought to bear ..."
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