trioxide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trioxide
Example Sentences
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"It may be that in normal conditions phosphorus is bound up in another molecule such as phosphorus trioxide," explained Beiler.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025
These include antimony trioxide, which is often used in plastic production and flame retardants for consumer products, and six haloacetic acids that may be produced during chlorine-based disinfection processes for drinking water.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2022
Dry, solid xenon trioxide, XeO3, is extremely explosive—it will spontaneously detonate.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
In the form of arsenic trioxide, it can be used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia, the book says.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2013
Oxidation may be effected by the addition to the glass mixture of a substance which gives up oxygen at a high temperature, such as manganese dioxide or arsenic trioxide.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
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