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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
thorium dioxide
 
NOUN: A heavy white powder, ThO2, obtained from monazite and used mainly in ceramics, glass, and gas mantles and as a catalyst. Also called thoria.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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