Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermite reaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: ther-mite re-ac-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An exothermic redox reaction between a metal and metal oxide as reactants, such as aluminium and iron oxide.

Example Sentences

"Fe₂O₃ + 2 Al → 2 Fe + Al₂O₃ + heat."

Inflected Forms

thermite reactions (plural)

Synonyms

thermite process

Questions

What does thermite reaction mean?: An exothermic redox reaction between a metal and metal oxide as reactants, such as aluminium and iron oxide.

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