"black oxide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black oxides [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} black oxide (countable and uncountable, plural black oxides)
  1. (idiomatic) Any of several coatings for steels or copper; some are oxides (mainly iron(II,III) oxide), some are nitrites or nitrates, and some are selenides; all are black; the main purposes are the antireflective and cosmetic effects; the anticorrosion effects are small. Wikidata QID: Q2624219 Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Synonyms: blackening Hypernyms: coating, finish, substance, material Coordinate_terms: bluing, browning, phosphating, passivation, plating, electroplating, galvanizing
    Sense id: en-black_oxide-en-noun-en:Q2624219 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: any oxide that is black; often, iron(II,III) oxide. Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: oxide, compound, substance, material Related terms: magnetite (english: a mineral that is chemically equivalent to some kinds of black oxide)
    Sense id: en-black_oxide-en-noun-en:literal Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename

Inflected forms

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