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What is a protoxide?

What is a protoxide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (inorganic chemistry) Any of a series of oxides of a particular metal that has the fewest atoms of oxygen per molecule
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Red-brownish tint appears because of the formation of protoxide and oxide of copper.
What is the difference between peroxide and protoxide of iron?
They are variable mixtures of the metamorphous carbonates of protoxide of iron and lime.
The chief oxides of uranium are the protoxide and the sesquioxide, or uranic oxide.
The sedative effect of the nitrogen protoxide can be also useful for elderly subjects presenting cognitive disturbances.
The manufacture of adipic acid, of which Rhodia is the world's second largest producer, and its use as a raw material for Polyamide 6.6, generates nitrogen protoxide.

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