Definition of Tetroxide

1. Noun. An oxide containing four atoms of oxygen in the molecule.

Generic synonyms: Oxide

Definition of Tetroxide

1. n. An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO&?;.

Definition of Tetroxide

1. Noun. (chemistry) any oxide containing four oxygen atoms in each molecule ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tetroxide

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tetroxide

1. An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO. Origin: Tetra- + oxide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetroxide

tetrol
tetrolate
tetrolic
tetrolic acid
tetrols
tetromino
tetrominoes
tetronal
tetronals
tetrone
tetrones
tetrose
tetroses
tetrotus
tetroxid
tetroxide (current term)
tetroxides
tetroxids
tetryl
tetrylene
tetrylenes
tetryls
tetrytol
tets
tetter
tettered
tettering
tetterous
tetters
tetterwort

Literary usage of Tetroxide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gas Analysis by Louis Munroe Dennis (1913)
"When brought into contact with water, nitrogen tetroxide forms nitric acid, ... When nitrogen tetroxide is passed through a dilute solution of sodium ..."

2. Gas Analysis by Louis Munroe Dennis (1913)
"The molecule of nitrogen tetroxide is considered to have the formula N2O4 at ... When brought into contact with water, nitrogen tetroxide forms nitric acid, ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1903)
"By decomposing tetroxide of potassium by dilute sulphuric acid kept at a very low ... In all probability I actually had here the hypothetical tetroxide of ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1884)
"Uranium tetroxide, U04. When a very dilute solution of hydrogen dioxide is added to one of uranyl nitrate, a yellowish- white precipitate of U04+2H20 is ..."

5. Fownes Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical: A New American from by George Fownes (1885)
"Chlorine tetroxide, C1..O,. — Wir n potassium chlorate is made into a paste with concentrated sulphuric acid, and cooled, and this paste is very cautiously ..."

6. Chemistry of the Proteids by Gustav Mann (1906)
"They state, that by acting as an oxidiser, osmium tetroxide becomes reduced ... Osmium tetroxide, not being an electrolyte, has been used extensively by the ..."

7. Chemistry of the Proteids by Gustav Mann (1906)
"They state, that by acting as an oxidiser, osmium tetroxide becomes reduced ... Osmium tetroxide, not being an electrolyte, has been used extensively by the ..."

8. Essentials of Chemistry by John Charles Hessler, Albert Lincoln Smith (1902)
"The degree of the dissociation is shown by the darkening of the color, nitrogen tetroxide being colorless, but nitrogen dioxide brown. ..."

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