vanadium pentoxide

noun

An orange crystalline powder, V₂O₅, used as a catalyst in the production of sulphuric acid etc.

Meanings

nounvanadium pentoxide (countable and uncountable, plural vanadium pentoxides)

plural vanadium pentoxides

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAn orange crystalline powder, V₂O₅, used as a catalyst in the production of sulphuric acid etc.

    Synonyms: vanadia

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn orange crystalline powder, V₂O₅, used as a catalyst in the production of sulphuric acid etc.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounany of various oxyacids of vanadium; known mostly in the form of its salts

Broader
oxyacidoxygen acid
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