Recent Examples on the WebThe Illinois team’s implants look like the heads of miniature hairbrushes and are made of iridium oxide, a type of metal.—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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Word History
Etymology
French oxide, oxyde, from ox- (from oxygène oxygen) + -ide (from acide acid)
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