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metal carbonyl

metal carbonyl noun: any complex of a transition metal combined with carbon monoxide; they are typically volatile solids or liquids, soluble on common organic solvents but insoluble in water; they are highly toxic.

Noun

metal carbonyl (plural metal carbonyls)

  1. Any complex of a transition metal combined with carbon monoxide; they are typically volatile solids or liquids, soluble on common organic solvents but insoluble in water; they are highly toxic.

Forms of metal carbonyl

pluralmetal carbonyls

Questions about metal carbonyl

What does metal carbonyl mean?
Metal carbonyl means any complex of a transition metal combined with carbon monoxide; they are typically volatile solids or liquids, soluble on common organic solvents but insoluble in water; they are highly toxic.
What part of speech is metal carbonyl?
Metal carbonyl is a noun.
What is the plural of metal carbonyl?
The plural of metal carbonyl is metal carbonyls.

Words near metal carbonyl in the dictionary

  1. Metal Age
  2. Metal Ages
  3. metal aquo complex
  4. metal aquo complexes
  5. Metal Bridge
  6. metal carbonyl
  7. metal carbonyls
  8. metal cluster compound
  9. metal cluster compounds
  10. metal complex
  11. metal complexes

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