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• List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines
  * [[Nitrous Oxide]] ==Vitamins and minerals==
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• Mercury (element)
  ...num. When heated, mercury also reacts with oxygen in air to form [[mercury oxide]], which then can be decomposed by further heating to higher temperatures.< *[[Mercury(II) oxide]], the main [[oxide]] of mercury;
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• Sodium chloride
  ...many (16.5), India (15.8) and Canada (14.0).<ref>[http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/salt/mcs-2010-salt.pdf Salt], U.S. Geological Survey</ref> ...97&Ausgabe=228460&ArtikelNr=63555 Relationship between Salt Intake, Nitric Oxide and Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Its Relevance to Patients with End-Stag
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• Ceramic materials
  A ceramic material may be defined as any inorganic crystalline oxide material. It is solid and inert. Ceramic materials are brittle, hard, stron ...e clay minerals such as kaolinite, more recent materials include aluminium oxide, more commonly known as alumina. The modern ceramic materials, which are cl
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• Friedel's salt
  ...h engineer who made a new form of cement from a combination of [[magnesium oxide]] and [[magnesium chloride]] [[Category:Halide minerals]]
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• Gemstone
  ...considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some soft minerals are used in jewelry because of their [[Lustre (mineralogy)|lustre]] or othe ...r example, diamonds are made of [[carbon]] (C) and rubies of [[aluminium]] oxide (Al₂O₃). Next, many gems are crystals which are class
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• Rock (geology)
  [[File:SandstoneUSGOV.jpg|thumb|Sedimentary sandstone with iron oxide bands]] ...nal minerals into other mineral types or else into other forms of the same minerals (e.g. by [[Recrystallization (geology)|recrystallisation]]).<ref name=Blatt
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• Petroleum
  ...will flow.<ref>{{cite web|title = Oil Sands – Glossary|work = Mines and Minerals Act|publisher = Government of Alberta|year = 2007|url = http://www.energy.g ...ust gases from petrol combustion in car engines usually include [[nitrogen oxide]]s which are responsible for creation of [[photochemical smog]].
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• Metallurgy
  ...the extracted raw metals into a purer form. In order to convert a metal [[oxide]] or [[sulfide]] to a purer metal, the ore must be [[redox|reduced]] physic ...are interested in three primary streams: feed, concentrate (valuable metal oxide/sulfide), and [[tailings]] (waste). After mining, large pieces of the ore f
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• Ruthenium
  {{See also|category:Ruthenium minerals}} ...}}</ref><ref name="USGS-CS-2008">{{cite web|url = http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/platinum/mcs-2008-plati.pdf |publisher = United States Geolo
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• Crushed stone
  ...ttp://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/stone_crushed/ |title=USGS Minerals Information: Crushed Stone |accessdate=2007-11-11 |publisher=U.S. Geologica ...= Valentin V. | last = Tepordei |publisher = U.S. Geological Survey |work= Minerals Information}}</ref>
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• Perlite
  ...perty of greatly expanding when heated sufficiently. It is an [[industrial minerals|industrial mineral]] and a commercial product useful for its light weight a ! portion !! general usage<ref name="usgs"> http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/perlite/mcs-2008-perli.pdf</ref>
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• Bead
  ...nt-specific names. [[Lead crystal]] beads have a high percentage of [[lead oxide]] in the glass formula, increasing the [[refractive index]]. Most of the ot ...material, especially in the case of fake [[pearl]]s and simulated rocks, [[minerals]] and [[gemstone]]s. Precious metals and [[ivory]] are also imitated.
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• Lime (material)
  ...de]]s and [[hydroxide]]s predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is [[calcium oxide]] or [[calcium hydroxide]]. It is also the name for a single mineral (nativ ...converts them into the highly [[caustic]] material ''quicklime'' (calcium oxide, CaO) and, through subsequent addition of water, into the less [[caustic]]
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• Sandstone
  ...th); [[Lithic_Fragment_(geology)|lithic]] fragments are also common. Other minerals may be found in particularly immature sandstone. ...mposed of [[quartz]] and/or [[feldspar]] because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's [[crust (geology)|crust]]. Like sand, sandstone may be any c
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• Steel
  ...(fool's gold).<ref>{{cite journal|last=F. Brookins|first=Theo|title=Common Minerals and Valuable Ores|journal=Birds and All Nature|volume=6|issue=4|publisher=A ...sion, at least 11% chromium is added to steel so that a hard [[passivation|oxide]] forms on the metal surface; this is known as [[stainless steel]]. [[Tungs
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• Concrete
  ...d States Geographic Service]]|date=2007-06-01|url=http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/cement/index.html|accessdate=2008-01-16}}<!--Computed by tak ...of [[calcium oxide|calcium]], [[silicon dioxide|silicon]] and [[aluminium oxide|aluminium]]. Portland cement and similar materials are made by heating [[li
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• Cement
  ...bling modern concrete that was made from crushed rock with burnt [[Calcium oxide|lime]] as binder. The volcanic ash and pulverized brick additives that were ...ules that are found in certain clay deposits, and that contain both [[clay minerals]] and [[calcium carbonate]]. The burnt [[nodule (geology)|nodule]]s were gr
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• Iron
  ...Thus, iron oxides flake off and expose fresh surfaces for corrosion. Iron oxide mixed with [[aluminium]] powder can be ignited to create a [[Thermite|therm {{See also cat|Iron minerals}}
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• Manganese
  ...ate|free element]] in nature (often in combination with iron), and in many minerals. As a free element, manganese is a metal with important industrial metal al ...e manganese is in oxidation state +7, which are restricted to the unstable oxide Mn₂O₇ and compounds of the intensely purple permangan
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