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barium oxide

a toxic, white powder, BaO, formed by decomposing barium carbonate at high temperature: it reacts vigorously with water to form the hydroxide

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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