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Its 300-tall twin walls (Ship Rock and Creation Rock, both of which contain dinosaur fossils) get their color from iron oxide, the same compound that gives blood and rust their ruddy appearances.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
As much as 60 percent of red mud is iron oxide, which subsequently transforms into a liquid iron so pure that it can immediately be used in steel production.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2024
Located in the Navajo Nation near Page, Ariz., the slot canyon’s warm colors come from iron oxide, or rust, in the sandstone.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 8 Feb. 2024
Martian Iron Should Be Readily Available Mars’ natural red landscape is due to copious amounts of iron oxide, basically, what we earthlings call rust.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
While the red color comes from the iron oxides present, there are a lot of other materials in it, some of which can be toxic.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
Early Arctic explorers initially thought red algae was to blame, while later researchers suggested iron oxides.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 July 2023
Another likely contained a benzene ring associated with iron oxides.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 July 2023
Ochre can turn red when the iron oxide is heated and the water evaporates inside the ochre therefore turning yellow ochre into red or brunt ochre.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1790, in the meaning defined above
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“Iron oxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20oxide. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
iron oxide
noun
: any of the oxides of iron
especially
: ferric oxide
Medical Definition
iron oxide
noun
: any of several oxides of iron
especially
: ferric oxide
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