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rings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.

That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.

ubstance, CrO3, regarded as the anhydride of chromic acid. It is one of the most powerful oxidizers known.

uric acid. It is powerfully corrosive, being a strong acid, and in decomposition a strong oxidizer. -- Nitric anhydride, a white crystalline oxide of nitrogen (N2O5), called nitric pentoxide, and regarded as the anhydride of nitric acid. -- Nitric oxide, a colorless poisous gas (NO) obtained by treating nitric acid w…

An oxidizer. [Obs.]

An oxidizer.

ecipitation from its solutions. It absorbs oxygen to a high degree, and is employed as an oxidizer. -- Platinum lamp (Elec.), a kind of incandescent lamp of which the luminous medium is platinum. See under Incandescent. -- Platinum metals (Chem.), the group of metallic elements which in their chemical and physical pr…

ich it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant. Chili salpeter (Chem.), sodium nitrate (distinguished from potassium n…