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See Oxide.

Capability of being converted into an oxide.

Capable of being converted into an oxide.

To oxidize. [Obs.]

The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

An oxidizer. [Obs.]

nd of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

Capable of being oxidized.

To combine with oxygen, or subject to the action of oxygen, or of an oxidizing agent. Specifically:

Oxidation. [R.]

An agent employed in oxidation, or which facilitates or brings about combination with oxygen; as, nitric acid, chlorine, bromine, etc., are strong oxidizers.

Existing in the state of a protoxide; -- said of an oxide. [R.]

Same as Dioxide.

mpound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide. Potassium carboxide, a grayish explosive crystalline compound, C6O6K, obtained by passing carbon monoxide over heated potassium.

To deoxidize.

The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.

Deoxidation.

To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.

That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.

lecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide.