Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A substance that oxidizes another substance, especially one that supports the combustion of fuel; an oxidizing agent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which oxidizes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry An
oxidizing agent , especially one used tooxidize thefuel of arocket or afuel cell .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a substance that oxidizes another substance
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Examples
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The oxidizer is called ammonium dinitramide (A.D.N.).
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The oxidizer is called ammonium dinitramide (A.D.N.).
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The oxidizer is called ammonium dinitramide (A.D.N.).
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The oxidizer is called ammonium dinitramide (A.D.N.).
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One of the properties of most effective explosives is that they contain their own oxidizer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Car Bomb Found in Times Square? 2010
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The oxidizer you are looking for is quite abundant in the air you breath.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Car Bomb Found in Times Square? 2010
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One of the properties of most effective explosives is that they contain their own oxidizer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Car Bomb Found in Times Square? 2010
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Prof. CONKLING: Finding the perfect combination of an oxidizer and a fuel, and then finding the perfect weight ratio of those two chemicals to give the exact type of burning effect youre looking for can take a lot of time in the lab to come up with.
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PALCA: Aluminum powder with the right oxidizer burns very fast and very, very hot.
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PALCA: Aluminum powder with the right oxidizer burns very fast and very, very hot.
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