Definition of "unoxidized" [unoxidized]

• Not oxidized (adjective)

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• "Over 150 million years ago, marine plants blanketed the sea floor and sedimentation created sufficient pressure to convert the unoxidized carbon into oil."
• "In fact, to burn at high temperatures, thermite must contain large amounts of unoxidized aluminum, rather than aluminum oxide."
• "The researchers did not determine if the aluminum present in their samples was oxidized aluminum, or unoxidized aluminum."