suboxide
/suhb-ok-sahyd, -sid/US // sʌbˈɒk saɪd, -sɪd //UK // (sʌbˈɒksaɪd) //
亚氧化物,过氧化物,过氧化氢,过氧化值
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Chemistry.
- : the oxide of an element that contains the smallest proportion of oxygen.
Examples
The suboxide of a grayish blue colour, which forms a kind of crust upon a plate of lead long exposed to the air.
Copper forms two oxides, the suboxide and the protoxide; the suboxide colours glass red, while the protoxide renders it green.
If there is much sugar, the first drop will throw down a yellow precipitate of suboxide of copper, which becomes rapidly red.
This specimen is interesting, as showing the early use and knowledge of suboxide of copper as a stain or coloring agent for glass.
This color was quite superficial, and the glass itself was opaque and of a vermilion tint, attributed to suboxide of copper.
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