tetroxide

[te-trok-sahyd, -sid]

noun Chemistry.

an oxide whose molecule contains four atoms of oxygen.

Origin of tetroxide

First recorded in 1865–70; tetr- + oxide

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On strongly heating in air it is converted into the tetroxide.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2
Various
It is a pale yellow powder (of specific gravity 6.5), which on being heated strongly gives up oxygen and forms the tetroxide.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2
Various
It is given off as tetroxide when the alkaline solution which contains it is boiled.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
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 Beringer

British Dictionary definitions for tetroxide

tetroxide

tetroxid (tɛˈtrɒksɪd)

noun

any oxide that contains four oxygen atoms per moleculeosmium tetroxide, OsO 4

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