The reducing agent is the chemical species that is oxidized or undergoes oxidation.
The element that acts as a strong reducing agent:
The strongest reducing agent is .
During a redox process, a reducer releases electrons to other compounds and is oxidized to the highest valency state.
A tendency to give electrons away is done by reducing agents.
The metals in the s-block are effective reducing agents.
The good reducing agents have low electronegativity atoms and an actual capacity of a molecule to draw in bonding electrons, resulting in compounds with low ionization energies.