Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or using a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, consisting of, or employing a mixture or combination of oxygen and hydrogen: as, oxyhydrogen gas.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen at over 5000° F.
- adjective (Chem.) See
Blowpipe . - adjective a form of microscope arranged so as to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, or using a
mixture ofhydrogen andoxygen - noun chemistry A potentially explosive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen
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Examples
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Christmas exhibition of the oxyhydrogen microscope.
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The gas produced is highly explosive (oxyhydrogen).
4. Electrical Energy 1991
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The submarine followed him, and Tom waited as a small door in the side of the Sea Dart slid open, revealing an oxyhydrogen cutting torch.
Tom Swift Jr And His Jetmarine Almquist, John 1954
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While the oxyhydrogen flame is intensely hot, it is almost non-luminous.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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The oxyhydrogen blowpipe, used to effect this combination, consists of a small tube placed within a larger one, as shown in Fig. 16.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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It is insoluble in water and in most chemical reagents, and requires the hottest oxyhydrogen flame for fusion.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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It melts in the oxyhydrogen blowpipe and in the electric furnace; it is harder than gold and is a good conductor of electricity.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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This differs from the oxyhydrogen blowpipe only in the size of the tubes.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Temperatures as high as 3500° can be easily reached, whereas the hottest oxyhydrogen flame is not much above 2000°.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Heated intensely, as in the oxyhydrogen flame, it gives a brilliant light called the lime light.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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