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Monoxide vs Trioxide - What's the difference?

monoxide | trioxide |

As nouns the difference between monoxide and trioxide

is that monoxide is while trioxide is .

monoxide

English

(wikipedia monoxide)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit

    • Derived terms

    * bromine monoxide * carbon monoxide * dichlorine monoxide * dihydrogen monoxide * dinitrogen monoxide * hydrogen monoxide * lead monoxide * nitrogen monoxide * sulfur monoxide, sulphur monoxide

    trioxide

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any oxide containing three oxygen atoms in each molecule
  • (chemistry) any organic compound of general formula R-OOO-R', derived from trioxidane

    • Derived terms

    *antimony trioxide *arsenic trioxide *berkelium trioxide *bismuth trioxide *boron trioxide *chromium trioxide *curium trioxide *dinitrogen trioxide *hydrotrioxide *molybdenum trioxide *sulfur trioxide, sulphur trioxide *tungsten trioxide *uranium trioxide *xenon trioxide