ba·sic ox·ide

a base anhydride; an oxide of an electropositive element or radical; it can combine with water to form a base.

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Ability to absorb the light and coloring of the glaze associated with it, with the same oxide-colorant, are varying if one basic oxide in the oxide molecule is replaced by the other one.

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Magnesium oxide is an interesting basic oxide that has many applications in catalysis, adsorption and in the synthesis of refractory ceramics [13-16].

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Combine silica chemically with a basic oxide such as soda, however, and the melting point is drastically reduced by many hundreds of degrees, making manufacture a commercial viability where otherwise it would not.

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