Definition of Pentoxides

1. Noun. (plural of pentoxide) ¹

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Definition of Pentoxides

1. pentoxide [n] - See also: pentoxide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentoxides

pentosans
pentose
pentoses
pentoside
pentosides
pentostatin
pentosuria
pentosyltransferase
pentosyltransferases
pentothal
pentoxazone
pentoxide
pentoxides (current term)
pentoxifylline
pentoxyl
pentraxin
pentraxins
pentremite
pentremites
pentrite
pentroof
pentroofs
pentrough
pentroughs
pents
pentstemon
pentstemons

Literary usage of Pentoxides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1885)
"These pass by oxidation into the salts containing the pentoxides. The general formula is : т ... Mixed types containing both pentoxides and ..."

2. A Text-book of Inorganic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1887)
"When the pentoxides are compared with each other, it is seen that the most heat is rendered latent in the formation of bromine pentoxide, ..."

3. Stoichiometry by Sydney Young, William Ramsay (1908)
"The three elements vanadium, niobium, and tantalum, in their chemical properties, show close relationship to nitrogen and phosphorus; thus the pentoxides ..."

4. Introduction to General Chemistry by Herbert Newby McCoy, Ethel Mary Terry (1920)
"Also, with the exception of bismuth, these elements form acids derived from their pentoxides. These acids exist in various stages of hydration, ..."

5. Elementary Chemistry by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, Charles Slater (1887)
"... &c. are obtained by heating the pentoxides of V, Ta, and Nb, with molten potash or soda; no salts derived from ..."

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