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In addition to the examples given by Jannis Andreska, metal peroxides, such as barium peroxide and lithium peroxide also release oxygen upon heating:

$$\ce{2 BaO2 ->[\text{T = 700 °C}] 2 BaO + O2}$$

This was once used to produce pure oxygen.

$$\ce{2 Li2O2 ->[\text{T = 195 °C}] 2 Li2O + O2}$$

On the other hand, some, if not most metal oxides are extremely heat resistant.

Once sintered at temperatures between 1700 and 2000 °C, magnesium oxide ($\ce{MgO}$) can be heated up to its melting point (~ 2800 °C) without decomposition and can thus be used as a lining for heat sensors.

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