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xenon trioxide

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noun

Chemistry.

  1. a colorless, nonvolatile solid, XeO 3 , explosive when dry: in solution it is called xenic acid.

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Dry, solid xenon trioxide, XeO3, is extremely explosive—it will spontaneously detonate.

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