monoxide
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monoxide
- /məˈnɒksʌɪd/
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Formed as mon- + oxide; compare the earlier dioxide, pentoxide, and tetroxide.
noun monoxides
- Any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit. 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 for
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Closest in meaning: dioxide, oxide, nitrogen, nitric, smoke, oxides, suboxide, protoxide, so, co, no, oxyd, octoxide, hexoxide, monoalkoxide, hyperoxide
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noun oxide containing a single oxygen atom
| Español | monóxido |
|---|---|
| Português | monóxido |
| Français | protoxyde |
| Deutsch | Oxydul |
| Italiano | monossido |
| Ελληνικά | μονοξείδιο monoxeídio |
| Română | monoxid |
| Русский | моноокси́д monooksíd, одноо́кись odnoókisʹ |
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