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supercage

supercage noun: a large cavity found in certain zeolites, in which various reactions may occur.

Noun

supercage (plural supercages)

  1. A large cavity found in certain zeolites, in which various reactions may occur.
    • Consequently, these partially unshielded cations create a very large electric fields extending into the supercage.2003, Scott M. Auerbach, Kathleen A. Carrado, Prabir K. Dutta, Handbook of Zeolite Science and Technology (page 60)
    • At loadings of less than one WO₃ per supercage the absorption edge is blue shifted from the bulk WO₃ band gap edge to 3.5 eV.2009, Stephen J. Lippard, Progress in Inorganic Chemistry, volume 80, page 150

Forms of supercage

pluralsupercages

Origin of supercage

super- + cage

Questions about supercage

What does supercage mean?
Supercage means a large cavity found in certain zeolites, in which various reactions may occur.
What part of speech is supercage?
Supercage is a noun.
What is the plural of supercage?
The plural of supercage is supercages.

Words near supercage in the dictionary

  1. supercabinets
  2. supercabs
  3. supercaffeinated
  4. supercaffeine
  5. supercaffeines
  6. supercage
  7. supercages
  8. supercalcarine
  9. supercaldera
  10. supercalender
  11. supercalendered

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