unoxidizableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɒksᵻdʌɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˌɑksəˈdaɪzəb(ə)l/ Chemistry.
Not capable of being oxidized; not readily oxidizable.
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1826 Q. Oriental Mag. 6 App. 5 The unoxydizable or noble metals alone embrace a range from the low melting point of silver to the high ignition of Platina.
1885 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 537 A wire is produced offering the same resistance to rupture as phosphor-bronze wire, by the use of which telegraph lines may be furnished with a light, unoxidizable wire, having all needed electrical efficiency.
1923 B. Macfadden Miracle of Milk ii. 42 This high sugar content would overload the system with an unoxidizable amount of sugar.
2012 C. Bucher & M. Buda in K. M. Kadish et al. Handbk. Porphyrin Sci. XVII. lxxviii. 253 Water, being a stronger base than pyrrole, can thus act as a proton scavenger, preventing the formation of unoxidizable pyrrole cations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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