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Comment: Re:Oxidizer, not fuel (Score 4, Informative) 109

by Megahard (#38666338) Attached to: Tracking Down the First Oxygen Users
While "oxidation" is lexically derived from oxygen, there's a specific chemical definition for oxidation, namely the loss of electrons. LEO GER is the acronym beginning chemists learn. So while you can play around with the words the chemistry is well-defined. Oxygen is the oxidant because it transfers elections to the reductant or fuel or whatever you want to call it.

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