Reducing agent - Definition and Overview

A reducing agent is a substance used in electrochemistry that reduces another substance. In doing so, it becomes oxidized.

Reducing agents need to be protected from air because they react with oxygen.

Common reducing agents

• Ferrous ion
• Stannous ion
• Sodium amalgam
• Lithium Aluminum Hydride
• Sodium borohydride

Common reducing agents and their products:

See also

• Oxidizing agent
• Redox titration