Also known as: OX-
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Usually refers in the steel industry to oxide of iron, of which there are three principal ones: FeO, Fe3O,4, Fe2O3. In addition, there are many mixtures of these oxides which form on the surface of steel at different temperatures and give the steel different colors, such as yellow, brown, purple, blue and red. Oxides must be thoroughly removed from the surface of steel objects which are to be coated with tin, zinc, or other metals.
NASAAn agent that releases oxygen for combination with another substance, creating combustion and gas for propulsion. Alternatively oxidants. An oxidizer can also be called an oxidizing agent. It is something that can oxidize another substance. Some major oxidizing elements are chlorine and oxygen. This adjective applied to a chemical is a substance which gives off oxygen to another substance.
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