monoxide

See also: Monoxide

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɒksʌɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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^[1], 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 m

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

monoxide n (plural monoxiden or monoxides)

1. (chemistry) monoxide