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</div><h1>Cerium Oxide</h1>
<p><b>Alternate Names</b>: CeO2, Cerium Dioxide</p>
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<td class="text-right"">100.00%</td>
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1.00
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172.11
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172.11
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<h4>Notes</h4><p>A <a  href="https://digitalfire.com/glossary/colorant">colorant</a> used in ceramic glazes. It is a powerful <a  href="https://digitalfire.com/glossary/flux">flux</a>. Commercial products have fairly high purity.<br />
Can be used as a polishing and descratching agent for glass.<br />
Also available as a carbonate (CeCO<sub>3</sub>).</p>
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<a href="https://digitalfire.com/url/217">http://www.kemcointernational.com/CeriumOxide.htm</a>
<br /><i>Kemco International - Cerium Description</i>
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<a href="https://digitalfire.com/url/451">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerium_Oxide</a>
<br /><i>Cerium oxide at Wikipedia</i>
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<a href="https://digitalfire.com/typecode/clt">Colorant</a>
<br /><i>Metallic based materials that impart fired color to glazes and bodies.</i>
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<a href="https://digitalfire.com/oxide/ceo2">CeO2 - Cerium Oxide</a>
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<a href="https://digitalfire.com/mineral/bastn%c3%83%c2%a4site">Bastnäsite</a>
<br /><i>A cerium cortaining carbonate-fluoride mineral.</i>
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<a href="https://digitalfire.com/mineral/monazite">Monazite</a>
<br /><i>A cerium containing phosphate mineral.</i>
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<td>6</td>
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