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hydrate
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1802, "compound of water and another chemical," from French hydrate , coined c.1800 by French chemist Joseph-Louis Proust (1754-1826) from Greek hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)).
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
In chemistry , a hydrate is a substance that contains water or its constituent elements. The chemical state of the water varies widely between different classes of hydrates, some of which were so labeled before their chemical structure was understood.
Usage examples of hydrate.
But it is best prepared by adding strong sulphuric acid to ferric hydrate in equivalent proportions.
Zinc is detected by dissolving the substance in hydrochloric or nitric acid, boiling, and adding sodic hydrate in excess, filtering, and adding ammonic sulphide to the filtrate.
Morning papers screamed about the murder of Nelson Birr, dead from chloral hydrate poisoning.
The finishing point is reached as soon as the solution becomes turbid from precipitated cupric hydrate.
Within hours of increasing your fluid intake, your cells will be hydrated and performing at increased levels.
If you exercise right after you awaken, go to bed hydrated and start with your water ASAP.
No advantage, but rather endless confusion, would be caused by varying the temperature with the object of estimating the whole of the water which a hydrated salt may contain.
In the case of hydrated salts there is generally a difficulty in getting the salt with exactly the right proportion of water.
Noumeite and garnierite are hydrated silicates of nickel and magnesia.
The atmosphere might get hydrated enough so that it would snow several times, or even on a regular basis, in cycles of precipitation and sublimation.
Introduced into paper, ferrocyanide of manganese and hydrated peroxide of iron.
Part of the striated cell wall drew apart and a packet of DNA coated in hydrated globulins and enzymes burst inward.
We paid her back with a purpose-built computer that will let her solve hydrated protein structures in real time, once she gets her hands on a bright enough X-ray source.
The methane hydrate deposit, a massive pocket of frozen hydrocarbons, vaporized in a swelling cascade as warm water pumped from the top of the tower raised it to its boiling point.
The nickel is separated from the solution by boiling with sodic hydrate, filtering, and dissolving the precipitate in nitric acid.