Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DIOXIDE
dioxide
(noun) an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dioxide (countable and uncountable, plural dioxides)
(chemistry) Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.
Source: Wiktionary
Di*ox"ide (; 104), n. Etym: [Pref. di- + oxide.] (Chem.) (a) An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide. (b) An oxide containing but one atom or equivalent of oxygen to two of a metal; a suboxide. [Obs.] Carbon dioxide. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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