What is an oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine called?
cadmia — An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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