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yttrium oxide

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noun

  1. Also called: yttria.  a colourless or white insoluble solid used mainly in incandescent mantles. Formula: Y 2 O 3

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Following one of Subramanian's ideas, graduate student Andrew Smith one day mixed indium oxide, manganese oxide, and yttrium oxide and heated the mixture in the oven.

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