chemical agent
Noun
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An agent that produces chemical reactions (synset 114803709)
is a type of: agent - a substance that exerts some force or effectsubtypes:
- active, active agent - chemical agent capable of activity
- reagent - a chemical agent for use in chemical reactions
- desiccant, drier, drying agent, siccative - a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
- oxidant, oxidiser, oxidizer, oxidizing agent - a substance that oxidizes another substance
- reducer, reducing agent, reductant - a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
- scavenger - a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities
- surface-active agent, surfactant, wetter, wetting agent - a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
- vesicant, vesicatory - a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas)
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