oxidize

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Videos spreading widely on Instagram and Twitter on Thursday touted a report from Spain that allegedly claimed to find graphene oxide — a material made by oxidizing graphite — in a vial of the Pfizer shot.

From Seattle Times

Scientists next counted these oxidized radioactive particles and calculated their original concentration— a value that suggests how much radiation the material would introduce to physics experiments.

From Scientific American

The original generation of these paints included zinc to act as a sacrificial oxidizing material.

From Seattle Times

The original paints included zinc to act as a sacrificial oxidizing material.

From Washington Post

"It's going to give you that crunch, and it's going to have a sour, lemony bite. It's not going to oxidize, so it's going to stay really pretty."

From Salon