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pyrochlores

pyrochlores is the plural of pyrochlore.

Meaning of pyrochlore

Noun

pyrochlore (countable and uncountable, plural pyrochlores)

  1. A mineral whose composition is that of a mixed niobate mostly of sodium, calcium and cerium, (Na,Ca)₂Nb₂O₆(OH,F).
    • In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.2007, Srdjan M. Bulatovic, Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice, →ISBN, page 13

Questions about pyrochlores

What is pyrochlores the plural of?
Pyrochlores is the plural of pyrochlore.

Words near pyrochlores in the dictionary

  1. pyrocentric
  2. pyroceram
  3. pyrochemical
  4. pyrochemically
  5. pyrochlore
  6. pyrochlores
  7. pyrochloric
  8. pyrochroid
  9. pyrochroids
  10. pyrochroite
  11. pyrocitrate

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