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metal carbonyls

metal carbonyls is the plural of metal carbonyl.

Meaning of metal carbonyl

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.

Questions about metal carbonyls

What is metal carbonyls the plural of?
Metal carbonyls is the plural of metal carbonyl.

Words near metal carbonyls in the dictionary

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

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