metal oxide

collocation in English

meaningsofmetalandoxide

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metal
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmet.əl/us
/ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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oxide
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɒk.saɪd/us
/ˈɑːk.saɪd/
a chemical combination of oxygen and one ...
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(Definition ofmetalandoxidefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Furthermore,metaloxidesensors are subject to a long response time and an even longer decay time.
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The fact that there was no significant change in the typical infrared frequencies ofmetaloxidesuggests that the ribonucleotide molecules do not affect the lattice of themetaloxide.
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Metaloxidegas sensors are known to recover slowly after the target gas is removed (15-70 s)1 and therefore perform temporal integration implicitly.
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Metaloxidesensors exhibit some drawbacks worth noting, namely, a low selectivity, a comparatively high power consumption (caused by the heating device) and a weak durability.
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The diagnosis is based primarily upon a history of exposure tometaloxidefumes.
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An interesting feature of metal fume fever involves rapid adaptation to the development of the syndrome following repeatedmetaloxideexposure.
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The carbon cathode is usually made of a high surface area carbon material with a nanosizedmetaloxidecatalyst (commonly or).
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A thin film ofmetaloxideforms on the anode in the intense heat.
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Such catalysts rely on the ability of themetaloxideto form phases that are not stoichiometric.
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In capacitive humidity sensors, the effect of humidity on the dielectric constant of a polymer ormetaloxidematerial is measured.
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The word "reduction" originally referred to the loss in weight upon heating a metallic ore such as ametaloxideto extract the metal.
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In order to convert ametaloxideor sulfide to a purer metal, the ore must be reduced physically, chemically, or electrolytically.
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The ink for the anode was nanoparticles of one lithiummetaloxidecompound, and the ink for the cathode from nanoparticles of another.
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A system based onmetaloxideprimarily consisted of ametaloxidesorbent canister and a regenerator assembly.
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Doping of a cation of either higher or lower valence can change the electronic properties of themetaloxide.
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These electrodes achieve higher capacitances than either pure carbon or puremetaloxideor polymer-based electrodes.
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It is classified as a basicmetaloxide.
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