oxide

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Take quicklime, otherwise known as calcium oxide, and just add water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

However the increase in concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases -- carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide -- "to their highest level in at least 800,000 years" has "upset this equilibrium", the WMO said.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

The action around ethylene oxide would affect about 90 commercial sterilization facilities owned and operated by approximately 50 companies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Nitrogen oxide emissions dropped by as much as sixty-seven percent, while particulate matter declined by up to sixty-eight percent compared with standard diesel fuel.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Even worse, burning coal produces air pollutants, including sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, that are real threats to human health.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland