Oxidizer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An oxidizing agent, especially one used to oxidize the fuel of a rocket or a fuel cell.

    "Both chemicals are solid oxidizers in granular form and have a chlorine odor. […] Plant 12 also stored super sacks of bromochloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (BCDMH), which is a granular solid oxidizer with a halogen odor that, in addition to chlorine gas and hydrogen chloride, can also release bromine gas and hydrogen bromide upon decomposition."

  2. 2
    a substance that oxidizes another substance wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
oxidantoxidantoxidiseroxidizing agent

Example

More examples

"In a rocket engine, fuel and a source of oxygen, called an oxidizer, are mixed and exploded in a combustion chamber. The combustion produces hot exhaust which is passed through a nozzle to accelerate the flow and produce thrust."

Etymology

From oxidize + -er.

Related phrases

recuperative thermal oxidizerregenerative thermal oxidizerthermal oxidizerfuel celloxidizing agent

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