<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">silver oxide</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>silver compounds</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>argentous oxide</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>oxide, silver</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A dark brown or black powder prepared by combining an aqueous solution of silver nitrate and an alkali hydroxide. It is used in silver-oxide batteries, as a laboratory reagent, and as a carbon dioxide scrubber. Salt-free silver oxide showed promise as a bronze disease treatment used at excavation sites but its application has proven a complex and labor consuming method with aesthetically unappealing results. ]]></note></mads>