Find the word definition

Crossword clues for trioxide

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trioxide

Trioxide \Tri*ox"ide\, n. [Pref. tri- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, SO3; -- formerly called tritoxide.

Wiktionary
trioxide

n. 1 (context chemistry English) any oxide containing three oxygen atoms in each molecule 2 (context chemistry English) any organic compound of general formula R-OOO-R', derived from trioxidane

WordNet
trioxide

n. an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule

Wikipedia
Trioxide

A trioxide is a compound with three oxygen atoms. For metals with the MO formula there are several common structures. AlO, CrO, FeO, and VO adopt the corundum structure. Many rare earth oxides adopt the "A-type rare earth structure" which is hexagonal. Several others plus indium oxide adopt the " C-type rare earth structure", also called "bixbyite", which is cubic and related to the fluorite structure.

Usage examples of "trioxide".

If this foil be dried, cut up, put in a reduction-tube, and heated, crystals of arsenious trioxide will be deposited on the cold part of the tube.

All molybdenum compounds are converted into the trioxide by boiling with nitric acid.

Consequently, the increase in weight, after ignition, upon that of the lime taken gives the amount of boron trioxide present.

The first of these is arsenic trioxide, an extremely poisonous substance.

He lived on oxygen, same as us, but he broke it out of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and trioxide, and carbon dioxide mostly.

Make a tungsten trioxide film on an electrode, stick it in an acidic solution, and apply a negative potential to it.

The carbon atoms of the charcoal, he expected, would combine with the oxygen in the uranium trioxide, leaving behind metallic uranium.

The first of these is arsenic trioxide, an extremely poisonous substance.

But by now their descendants were so well adapted that food din't taste right without a bit of arsenic trioxide.

There could be underground reservoirs where some kind of plants stored energy by binding up sulphur dioxide into a less stable compound, like sulphur trioxide.