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The act of becoming or state of being a hydrate...
Ether
Ether, means a class of organic compounds in which an oxygen atom is interposed between two carbon atoms (organic groups) in the molecular structure giving the generic formula ROR. They may be derived from alcohols by elimination of water, but the major method is catalytic hydration of olefins. Only the lowest member of the series, methyl ether, is gaseous; most are liquid and the highest members are solid (cellulose ethers). The term 'ether' is often used synonymously with 'ethyl ether' and is the legal label name for it, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th Edn....
Saccharonic
Of pertaining to or derived from saccharone specifically designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone a by hydration and forms a well known series of salts...
chloral hydrate
a chemical substance CCl3CHOH2 which is a hydrate of trichloroacetaldehyde It crystallizes as white monoclinic plates obtained by treating chloral with water It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically and is used in medicine as a hypnotic and sedative called also chloral...
Hydrated
Formed into a hydrate combined with water...
Hydrosulphide
One of a series of compounds derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical as potassium hydrosulphide KSH The hydrosulphides are analogous to the hydrates and include the mercaptans...
Sodium sulphate
A salt well known as a catharic under the name of Glaubers salt which term is properly applied to the hydrate Na2SO410H2O...
Potash
The hydroxide of potassium hydrate a hard white brittle substance KOH having strong caustic and alkaline properties hence called also caustic potash...
Polyacid
Capable of neutralizing or of combining with several molecules of a monobasic acid having more than one hydrogen atom capable of being replaced by acid radicals said of certain bases as calcium hydrate and glycerin are polyacid bases...
Methylate
An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal after the analogy of a hydrate as sodium methylate CH3ONa...
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