I had an X-ray and scans that showed several torn ligaments. But I'd also damaged the soft pad of fat under my kneecap. Mr Hardy explained it was becoming trapped in the knee joint when I sat down. The cracking I could hear when I stood up was the lump of fat popping out of the joint.
Oxidizing agent. Home Â» Oxidizing agent. Definition. noun, plural: oxidizing agents. Any substance that has the ability to oxidize other substance. Supplement. An oxidizing agent is a substance that accepts or receives electron from another substance, hence, is consequently reduced. Since it accepts electrons it is also called an electron acceptor.
Oxidizing acids, being strong oxidizing agents, can often oxidize certain less reactive metals, in which the active oxidizing agent is not the H + ions. For example, copper is a rather unreactive metal, and has no reaction with concentrated hydrochloric acid.ll Broensted brÃ¸nsted acids can act as oxidizing, agents because the acidic proton can be reduced to hydrogen. Gas some acids contain other structures that act as stronger oxidizing agents than hydrogen. Ion, generally they contain oxygen in the anionic. structure