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oxidizer

oxidizer noun: an oxidizing agent, especially one used to oxidize the fuel of a rocket or a fuel cell.

Noun

oxidizer (plural oxidizers)

  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...2024 November, “Chemical Decomposition, Fire, and Toxic Gas Release at Bio-Lab, Inc.”, in U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation...
    • BioLab officials told the investigators they had established a permanent fire watch two or three months prior to the incident after strong odors from oxidizers in two storage buildings were detected, according to the CSB report. BioLab also told CSB two employees were on duty for fire watch on...2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025

oxidizer meaning in Tamil

oxidizer in Tamil

உயிரகப்படுத்தி, ஆக்சிஜனாக்கி, ஆக்சிகரணி, எரியச்செய்யும் பொருள்

Forms of oxidizer

pluraloxidizers

Origin of oxidizer

From oxidize + -er.

Words formed from oxidizer

Questions about oxidizer

What does oxidizer mean?
Oxidizer means an oxidizing agent, especially one used to oxidize the fuel of a rocket or a fuel cell.
What is oxidizer in Tamil?
Oxidizer in Tamil is உயிரகப்படுத்தி, ஆக்சிஜனாக்கி, ஆக்சிகரணி. See Oxidizer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oxidizer?
Oxidizer is a noun.
What is the plural of oxidizer?
The plural of oxidizer is oxidizers.

Words near oxidizer in the dictionary

  1. oxidization
  2. oxidizations
  3. oxidize
  4. oxidized
  5. oxidizement
  6. oxidizer
  7. oxidizers
  8. oxidizes
  9. oxidizing
  10. oxidizing agent
  11. oxidizing agents

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