Definitions for dioxide

dioxide di·ox·ide

Spelling: [dahy-ok-sahyd, -sid]
IPA: /daɪˈɒk saɪd, -sɪd/

Dioxide is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in dioxide (ddeiiox).

Definitions for dioxide

noun

  1. an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen, each of which is bonded directly to an atom of a second element, as manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , or nitrogen dioxide, NO 2 .

Origin of dioxide

First recorded in 1840-50; di-1 + oxide

Examples for dioxide

Lead when present is precipitated on the spiral in the form of a dark powder of dioxide (PbO2).

It is a bluish-black powder which at high temperatures decomposes into the metal, dioxide and oxygen.

By this method a dilute solution of the dioxide in water is obtained.

Under the conditions of the assay the dioxide cannot be weighed, as it partly dissolves on breaking the current.

By heating this dioxide in a current of oxygen, the metal may be obtained in the form of a powder of dark grey colour.

If the percentage of dioxide is required it may be calculated by multiplying the percentage of manganese by 1.582.

In Fremys process for separating osmium from the residues of platinum ore, ruthenium occurs in a dioxide.

The manganese is determined in the titrated solution by precipitation as dioxide and titrating.

The finely-divided substance containing the dioxide is digested in a solution of a known quantity of iron in sulphuric acid.

dioxide, dī-oks′īd, n. an oxide containing two equivalents of oxygen to one of a metal.

Word Value for dioxide
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16

Words with friends

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