Definitions for dioxides

dioxides di·ox·ide

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

Dioxides is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 105 anagrams from letters in dioxides (ddeiiosx).

Definitions for dioxides

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 dioxides

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

Examples for dioxides

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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