hydroxide
a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group.
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How to use hydroxide in a sentence
For their show-stopping demonstration, the researchers injected Galinstan into a vat of sodium hydroxide, an oxidant that serves as the chemical fodder for Galinstan to carry out the surface-tension-switching oxidation reaction.
Scientists can manipulate this liquid metal, hands-free | Shi En Kim | February 9, 2022 | Popular-ScienceThe fossils were cemented within fine layers of goethite, an iron hydroxide mineral that probably formed as acidic groundwater circulated through basalt rocks, leaching out their iron, the researchers suggest.
See stunning fossils of insects, fish and plants from an ancient Australian forest | Carolyn Gramling | January 7, 2022 | Science NewsAfter ratcheting up the water’s sodium hydroxide level from 100 parts per million to 1,100 parts per million, the intruder departed.
America’s Drinking Water Is Surprisingly Easy to Poison | by Peter Elkind and Jack Gillum | March 17, 2021 | ProPublicaAn alcoholic solution of the resin was just neutralized with potassium hydroxide.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeBoiling with an excess of potassium hydroxide gave a black substance (tauromelanic acid).
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson Syme
A portion was gently warmed with a few drops of a strong solution of potassium cyanide and two drops of sodium hydroxide.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeA portion of the water solution was heated with glucose and a few drops of sodium hydroxide.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeBy warming with alkalies or barium hydroxide, rhamnose is colored yellow.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson Syme
British Dictionary definitions for hydroxide
/ (haɪˈdrɒksaɪd) /
a base or alkali containing the ion OH –
any compound containing an -OH group
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Scientific definitions for hydroxide
[ hī-drŏk′sīd′ ]
A chemical compound containing one or more hydroxyl radicals (OH). Inorganic hydroxides include hydroxides of metals, some of which, like sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) and calcium hydroxide, are strong bases that are important industrial alkalis. Some metal hydroxides, such as those of zinc and lead, are amphoteric (they act like both acids and bases). Organic hydroxides include the alcohols.
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