Reduce

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004735",
  "term": "Reduce",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "To remove oxygen or other non-metallic elements from a metal compound, such as an ore, to produce the elemental metal. This chemical process involves a gain of electrons by the metal ions, lowering their oxidation state to zero. In a blast furnace, for instance, iron oxides are reduced by carbon monoxide gas to produce molten iron, a reaction that occurs at temperatures above 900°C.",
  "subject": "Metallurgy",
  "see_also": [
    "reduction",
    "reductive",
    "reducer"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "reduzieren",
    "es": "reducir",
    "fr": "réduire"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/reduce/"
}