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• “Import of the term oxide as applied to a gaseous body -- carbonic ox. contains half as much oxygen as carbonic acid -- hence may be obtained by abstracting from carbonic acid half its oxygen.”

  Outlines of the Lectures on Chemistry, Mineralogy, & Geology, Delivered at the University of North-Carolina, for the Use of the Students. [1]-44 p.

• “Nitrous oxide is 300 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.”

  Aquatic Dead Zones are Assisting Climate Change with Nitrous Oxide | Inhabitat

• “Titanium oxide is cheap and safe, already being used in many products ranging from face powder to white paint, the professor said.”

  Researchers Discover ‘Super Disc’ Material | Impact Lab

• “Nitrous oxide (N2O): Nitrous oxide is produced largely by agricultural practices, as well as manure and sewage management.”

  Prevention of Global Warming: Understanding The Main Causes

• “The problem didn't affect the flow of nitric oxide from the device, the company said, but it could cause the device to show fluctuating concentrations of the gas.”

  The Wall Street Journal: One IPO Gains, Other Cuts Price Range

• “All my friends in Queenslunders are still under a nasty layer of red oxide from the dust storms that blew over months ago. heh heh heh.”

  Cheeseburger Gothic » Here’s what I did at six o’clock this morning.

• “It would be nice to think the iron ore, possibly a low grade lime-held ore from South Liecestershire, was glacially, or later aluvially, eroded and bled to water courses depositing amongst fine brick-clay beds, it may be that the iron oxide is in fact identical in both the brick and the sign, hence the great colour match - of course.”

  Rust Never Sleeps

• “The few-micron-thick layer of aluminum oxide is the only thing holding an airplane together.”

  Rusting Aluminum « Isegoria

• “In crystal form, aluminum oxide is called corundum, sapphire or ruby (depending on the color), and it is among the hardest substances known.”

  Rusting Aluminum « Isegoria

• “Using black oxide is tricky that way; if you use too much, it will create black bubbles in the tub.”

  Owls and Button Flowers

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