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chromium dioxide
noun
- a strongly magnetic, black, semiconducting substance, CrO 2 , used as the active material in a type of recording tape.
chromium dioxide
noun
- a chemical compound used as a magnetic coating on cassette tapes; chromium(IV) oxide. Formula: CrO 2 Also called (not in technical usage)chrome dioxide
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Du Pont says that the chromium dioxide tape not only holds twice as much information per inch as ordinary tape but reproduces high-frequency signals with greater fidelity.
Called Crolyn, the patented tape uses chromium dioxide as its magnetic medium in place of conventional iron oxide.
Various other oxides of chromium, intermediate in composition between the sesquioxide and trioxide, have been described, namely chromium dioxide, Cr2O3�CrO3, and the oxide CrO3�2Cr2O3.
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