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As part of the deal, the Pentagon will guarantee a minimum price of $110 per kilogram for neodymium-praseodymium oxide (NdPr) produced at the facility for 10 years and agrees to buy 100% of the magnets manufactured by MP Materials.—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 Lead—Usually as the sulphate, a white solid, of the sulphide, a black solid; but sometimes the oxide, a yellowish solid.—Caroline Fraser
june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025 Chinese customs data shows, imports of rare earth oxides from Myanmar fell by over a third in the first five months of the year compared to the same period last year.—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 24 June 2025 Through a cascading series of reactions, the sodium oxide would ultimately form into sodium bicarbonate, aka baking soda.—Ben Coxworth
june 02, New Atlas, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for oxide
Word History
Etymology
French oxide, oxyde, from ox- (from oxygène oxygen) + -ide (from acide acid)
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