tetroxide
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Antimonic oxide is converted on ignition into the tetroxide (Sb2O4) with loss of oxygen.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerThe residue is a white infusible powder, and consists of antimony tetroxide, Sb2O4, containing 78.94 per cent.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerTrimanganese tetroxide, Mn3O4, is produced more or less pure when the other oxides are heated.
Osmium tetroxide (OsO4) is a very volatile liquid and is used under the name of osmic acid as a stain for sections in microscopy.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPhersonOn strongly heating in air it is converted into the tetroxide.
British Dictionary definitions for tetroxide
tetroxid (tɛˈtrɒksɪd)
/ (tɛˈtrɒksaɪd) /
any oxide that contains four oxygen atoms per molecule: osmium tetroxide, OsO 4
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