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Definition of Monoxides
1. monoxide [n] - See also: monoxide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monoxides
Literary usage of Monoxides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"Anhydrous monoxides, of which we have chosen cuprite as the ... HYDRATED monoxides
Brucite.—Hydrate of magnesium; MgO.H,,O; MgO = 69, H,O = 31. ..."
2. A System of Inorganic Chemistry by William Ramsay (1891)
"It may be noticed generally that in formula, preparation, and properties, the
monoxides, Ac., show a certain resemblance to those of magnesium, zinc, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"O, and the suboxide of palladium, (Pd2)"O, may be cited as examples. The supposed
constitution of the three classes of monoxides is represented by the ..."
4. An Elementary Manual of Chemistry by William Ripley Nichols, William B. Lindsay, Frank Humphreys Storer (1894)
"Most of the members of the group form monoxides as well; and if we arrange the
metals in the order of their atomic weights, — Gl (9), A1 (27), Cr (51.7), ..."
5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"This gives the following values for the heat of formation of the monoxides : — (Na2,O) =
100-7, (Ki,0) = 86-8, (Rb2,O) - 83-5, (Cs2,O) = 82-7. ..."
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