oxidization

Examples of oxidizing

oxidizing

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The redox potential suggests oxidizing conditions throughout the section.
Two further photochemical turnovers provide the manganese cluster with a total of four oxidizing equivalents, which are used to oxidize two water molecules to dioxygen.
Acids and oxidizing agents may weaken layers of tissues surrounding the embryo and allow emergence of the embryo.
The electric current is generated by electrochemically oxidizing the ferrocyanide ion.
Scarification by heat, acid treatments, bleach, oxidizing gases and mechanical abrasion are some of the traditional procedures known to elicit germination.
Conversely, under oxidizing conditions they do not form at all or do so only in small amounts in hydrothermal vents or in localized hydrogen-rich regions.
Based on these results the presence of a destructive oxidizing agent, such as metalperoxide or a superoxide, in the soil is suggested.
The oxidizing agent hypothesis is the most important one, although there are also arguments against it.
A renewed episode of significant lake deepening took place during deposition of unit 4, which at this time occur red under dominantly oxidizing conditions.
The implications for this work are immediately clear : for modern hydrothermal systems hosted in relatively oxidizing basaltic environments, organic synthesis is not favoured.
The presence of oxidizing groups was denoted as areas of discolouration.
The effects of several oxidizing agents will be examined as well as the chemical processing of surface samples owing to a combination of parameters.
How and when did the mantle acquire its oxidizing state?
The oxidizing action of a free radical is explained by the presence of the unpaired electron.
This age represents the time of haematite precipitation from iron-rich dolomite that may have been related to deep oxidizing weathering.
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