oxide

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Weight is saved by "borrowing" those O2s from the air, as compared to carrying them around fixed in an oxide.

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any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

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noun

any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

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noun

any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

Example sentences

Weight is saved by "borrowing" those O2s from the air, as compared to carrying them around fixed in an oxide.

The argument goes: Because iron oxide is abundant, it's cheap.

More so, these oxides form faster at higher temperatures.

For added energy, they put in a computer-controlled device that would inject a burst of nitrous oxide.

The rosin melts first onto the metal you're heating, preventing the heat from forming an oxide layer so the solder can bond to the metal.

Either tell him "Mr. Murkjee, you tested positive for di-hidrogen oxide, a substance we believe may be explosive.

One of the electrodes is lithium-oxide infused in carbon.

Aluminum doesnt oxidize in wet weather...or, more precisely, it always has a thin layer of oxide that prevents any further oxidation.

This is because low temperature ultrasonic welding can be done reliably between gold and aluminum, and because gold and aluminum are ductile enough that they act as a cushion during the welding process to prevent oxide cracking.

It can be kept in some of the ordinary structural metals steel, copper, aluminum, etc. because of the formation of a thin film of insoluble metal fluoride which protects the bulk of the metal, just as the invisible coat of oxide on aluminum keeps it from burning up in the atmosphere.