Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TETROXIDE
tetroxide
(noun) an oxide containing four atoms of oxygen in the molecule
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tetroxide (plural tetroxides)
(chemistry) any oxide containing four oxygen atoms in each molecule
Source: Wiktionary
Tet*rox"ide, n. Etym: [Tetra- + oxide.] (Chem.)
Definition: An oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, OsO.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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