Definition of pentoxide in English:
pentoxide
noun pɛnˈtɒksʌɪdpenˈtäksīd
Chemistry An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in its molecule or empirical formula.
Example sentencesExamples
- Glass-forming substances are usually silica, boric oxide, phosphorous pentoxide, or feldspars.
- In one method, naphthalene is oxidized with vanadium pentoxide to give phthalic anhydride.
- It would also involve the re-tubing of two primary wet electrostatic precipitators, the pre-heater exchanger and replacement of 6,000 litres of vanadium pentoxide catalyst in the converter.
- The procedure was repeated three times and the filtrate was dried in an oven at 100°C and cooled over phosphorus pentoxide.
- The thin covering is composed of alternating layers of silicon dioxide and tantalum pentoxide.