Oxidizing agent
= Oxidizing agent
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An <oxidizing agent> undergoes <reduction> by accepting the formal <Electron> inventory. In the <zinc-copper displacement experiment>, $\mathrm{Cu}^{2+}$ plays this role.<Chemistry 2e by Paul Flowers and others>[§4.2, “Oxidation-Reduction Reactions”: oxidizing agent is the species reduced]{ref}