Protoxide

Quick meaning: Protoxide is a noun meaning (inorganic chemistry) Any of a series of oxides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of oxygen per molecule.

Meaning

(inorganic chemistry) Any of a series of oxides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of oxygen per molecule.

Example Sentences

Oxy­gen frequently combines in various proportions with a substance, rendering it an oxide, but without advancing it to the state of an acid. In order to distinguish each compound thus formed, the language of chemistry is very systematic. The first is called a protoxide; the second a deutoxide; and the third, a paroxide.

Word Forms

• protoxides

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include protoxid, protoxyd, protoiodide, protochloride, protosulfide, protocyanide.

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