monoxide
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See also: Monoxide
English
Etymology
Formed as mon- + oxide; compare the earlier dioxide, pentoxide, and tetroxide.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈnɒksʌɪd/
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Noun
monoxide (plural monoxides)
- (chemistry) Any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit.
- 1959, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights, volume 87, page 6658:
- A process for preparing normally solid high molecular weight, hydrocarbon polymers which comprises heating and reacting carbon monoxide with hydrogen at a temperature of 125 ° to 350 °C, under a pressure of at least 30 atmospheres and in contact with a phosphomolybdic compound represented by the formula P2Mo20–24O2–60.
Derived terms
Translations
oxide containing a single oxygen atom
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