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A salt or ester of xanthic acid
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xanthate
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WordNet
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n. a salt or ester of xanthic acid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Xanthate \Xan"thate\, n. [See Xanthic .] (Chem.) A salt of xanthic; a xanthogenate.
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thumb|150px|right|Sodium salt of ethyl xanthate Xanthate usually refers to a salt with the formula (R = alkyl ; M = Na, K). The name xanthates is derived from Greek xanthos , meaning “yellowish, golden”, and indeed most xanthate salts are yellow. They were ...
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n. (context chemistry English) Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.