an oxidant, esp a substance that combines with the fuel in a rocket engine
oxidizer in American English
(ˈɑksɪˌdaizər)
noun
Chemistry
oxidant
Word origin
[1870–75; oxidize + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fifth wheel, giveaway, onshore, upgrade, washout-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'oxidizer' in a sentence
oxidizer
Further, the strain grew as a sulfur oxidizer in a complex medium (trypticase soy agar).
Hyeon-Woo Koh, Moonsuk Hur, Myung-Suk Kang, Youn-Bong Ku, Rohit Ghai, Soo-Je Park 2017, 'Physiological and genomic insights into the lifestyle of arsenite-oxidizing Herminiimonasarsenitoxidans', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-017-15164-4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Propane was used as the fuel and air as the oxidizer.
Wang Zhiwu, Liu Xing, Wang Yaqi, Li Hongwei, Zhang Kun, Zheng Longxi 2018, 'Numerical simulation of the nozzle and ejector effect on the performance of a pulsedetonation engine', Thermal Sciencehttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-9836/2018/0354-98361700294W.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Dry methane was used as the fuel and air with 21% of oxygen, as oxidizer.
Ermolaev Anton N., Khaustov Sergey A. 2017, 'Finite element analysis of radiant heating systems based on gas-fired infrared heatemitters', MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201711001024. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The monitored oxygen concentrations in the oxidizer ranged from 21% to 50%.
Róbert Dzurňák, Augustín Varga, Ján Kizek, Gustáv Jablonský, Ladislav Lukáč 2019, 'Influence of Burner Nozzle Parameters Analysis on the Aluminium Melting Process',Applied Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/8/1614. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A gas (oxidizer) flows between two parallel walls of solid fuel.
Sorin BERBENTE, Sterian DANAILA, Corneliu BERBENTE 2011, 'Analytical solutions for the temperature field in a 2D incompressible inviscid flowthrough a channel with walls of solid fuel', INCAS Bulletinhttp://bulletin.incas.ro/files/berbente_c_danaila_s_berbente_v3_iss_4_full.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The fuel and oxidizer are supplied at ambient conditions.
V. Mahendra Reddy, Sudarshan Kumar 2013, 'Development of high intensity low emission combustor for achieving flameless combustionof liquid fuels', Propulsion and Power Researchhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212540X13000217. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)