monoxide

See also: Monoxide

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Etymology

Formed as mon- +‎ oxide; compare the earlier dioxide, pentoxide, and tetroxide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɒksʌɪd/

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Noun

monoxide (plural monoxides)

1. (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 P₂Mo_20–24O_2–60.

Derived terms

• arsenic monoxide
• arsenic monoxide monochloride
• bromine monoxide
• carbon monoxide
• dichlorine monoxide
• dihydrogen monoxide
• dinitrogen monoxide
• diprotium monoxide
• hydrogen monoxide
• lead monoxide
• nitrogen monoxide
• silicon monoxide
• sulfur monoxide, sulphur monoxide

Translations

oxide containing a single oxygen atom

Catalan: monòxid m Dutch: monoxide (nl) n Finnish: monoksidi (fi) French: protoxyde (fr) German: Oxydul (de) Greek: μονοξείδιο (el) n (monoxeídio) Hungarian: monoxid (hu) Irish: aonocsaíd f Italian: monossido (it) m Malay: monoksida (ms) Polish: monotlenek m Portuguese: monóxido m Romanian: monoxid (ro) Russian: моноокси́д (ru) m (monooksíd), одноо́кись (ru) f (odnoókisʹ) Spanish: monóxido (es) m

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Pronunciation

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Noun

monoxide n (plural monoxiden or monoxides, no diminutive)

1. (chemistry) monoxide