Define reducing agent

1.	Define reducing agent
Answer» Reducing agent reduces other other substance and itself gets oxidised Reducing agent is an agent which oxidises other substance and itself gets reduced . A reducing agent is\xa0one of the reactants of an oxidation-reduction reaction which reduces the other reactant by giving out electrons to the reactant.\xa0If the reducing agent does not pass electrons to other substance in a reaction, then the reduction process cannot occur.Some common reducing agents include metals such as Na, Fe, Zn, Al and non-metals such as C, S, H2.\xa0

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