: a binary compound of oxygen with a more electropositive element or group
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The Illinois team’s implants look like the heads of miniature hairbrushes and are made of iridium oxide, a type of metal.
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Emily Mullin, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
It has been fabricated using conventional battery chemistries such as lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) and lithium nickel cobalt aluminum (NCA, popular for a time in Tesla cars).
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2024
Magnesium oxide and magnesium citrate are two kinds of magnesium that may prompt this reaction.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 31 Jan. 2024
Ground-level ozone is created when oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) combine.
—Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
Energy is released when lithium ions move from the graphite layer to the lithium cobalt oxide layer.
—WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
All in all, these new transistors perform roughly as well as state-of-the-art flexible transistors that combine carbon nanotubes, metal oxides, or polycrystalline silicon with plastic films.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024
To-date, every hole drilled at California has intersected near surface, oxidized gold mineralization with minor copper oxides.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
Operating as the electrolyte in an all-solid-state cell configuration alongside a lithium cobalt oxide cathode and lithium metal anode, the new material has better energy density, power density, and cycle life compared with traditional liquid electrolytes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2024
Emily Mullin, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
It has been fabricated using conventional battery chemistries such as lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) and lithium nickel cobalt aluminum (NCA, popular for a time in Tesla cars).
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Apr. 2024
Magnesium oxide and magnesium citrate are two kinds of magnesium that may prompt this reaction.
—Maggie O'Neill, Health, 31 Jan. 2024
Ground-level ozone is created when oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) combine.
—Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
Energy is released when lithium ions move from the graphite layer to the lithium cobalt oxide layer.
—WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
All in all, these new transistors perform roughly as well as state-of-the-art flexible transistors that combine carbon nanotubes, metal oxides, or polycrystalline silicon with plastic films.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2024
To-date, every hole drilled at California has intersected near surface, oxidized gold mineralization with minor copper oxides.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024
Operating as the electrolyte in an all-solid-state cell configuration alongside a lithium cobalt oxide cathode and lithium metal anode, the new material has better energy density, power density, and cycle life compared with traditional liquid electrolytes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2024
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oxide
noun
ox·ide
ˈäk-ˌsīd 
: a compound of oxygen with another element or a chemical group
Medical Definition
oxide
noun
ox·ide
ˈäk-ˌsīd
: a binary compound of oxygen with a more electropositive element or chemical group
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