dehydroxylate

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verb

To remove a hydroxyl group

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Meanings

verbdehydroxylate (third-person singular simple present dehydroxylates, present participle dehydroxylating, simple past and past participle dehydroxylated)

present singular third person dehydroxylates · participle present dehydroxylating · participle past dehydroxylated · past dehydroxylated

  1. chemistryTo remove a hydroxyl group

    In general, the goethite and hematite responsible for red coloration of rock particles form by combined hydrolysis and oxidation of Fe(II) bearing minerals (e.g. pyrite, marcasite or iron-rich silicates), which afterwards dehydroxylate into hematite [49 ].

    2015 July 6, “Core-Shell Processing of Natural Pigment: Upper Palaeolithic Red Ochre from Lovas, Hungary”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From de- + hydroxylate.

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