silicon dioxide

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Silica.

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If we collect enough of these bubbles of gas to make a test, we find it to be carbon dioxide.
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In previous experiments we have proved that carbon dioxide is given off by any living thing when oxidation occurs in the body.
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The organs of respiration: the organs in which the blood receives oxygen and gives up carbon dioxide.
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silicon dioxide

See silica.