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UK
/mʌnˈɒksaɪd/
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[ US /məˈnɑksaɪd/ ]
[ US /məˈnɑksaɪd/ ]
NOUN
- an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule
How To Use monoxide In A Sentence
- CO is the formula for carbon monoxide.
- These are: ground-level ozone, particle pollution also known as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. John B. Townsend II: The Long, Hot Summer And Code Red Days
- The pieces would then be fed into a "gasifier," where the materials would be turned into a gas containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane and other hydrocarbons. ENS
- This atomic chlorine reacts readily with ozone to produce chlorine monoxide and molecular oxygen.
- Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas.
- When haemoglobin mixes with carbon monoxide it produces a compound called carboxyhaemoglobin.
- The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide.
- Biodiesel reduces emissions of unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, sulfates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and particulates.
- Existing catalytic converters can produce extremely low hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide outputs only in optimal conditions.
- Two decades later, a particularly interesting group of compounds made from carbon monoxide - the carbonyls - were discovered by the French chemist Paul Sabatier.