oxide
Example Sentences
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Until now, efforts to improve gold catalysts have largely focused on combining gold with other metals or using tiny gold nanoparticles on oxide surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
A 2024 report by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization warned that rising nitrous oxide emissions linked to fertiliser use are threatening climate goals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
In 1928, the initial discovery of the rock art was dismissed as "red oxide mineral seeping through the rock and not prehistoric art", the Guardian reported at the time.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
"Iron is crystallized in oxide nanoparticles making the cells superparamagnetic and reactive to magnetic fields. We found by far the strongest magnetic response in liver tissue," adds Prof. Ulf Wiedwald, from the University of Duisburg-Essen.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
Her face was smeared with so much zinc oxide that it looked like she’d fallen nose-first into a frosted cake.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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