hydroxamate

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US/haɪˈdɹɑksəˌmeɪt/UK/haɪˈdɹɒksəˌmeɪt/

noun

A hydroxylamine compound containing a CONOH group, often serving as chelating agents.

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Meanings

nounhydroxamate (plural hydroxamates)

plural hydroxamates

  1. chemistryA hydroxylamine compound containing a CONOH group, often serving as chelating agents.

    In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.

    2007, Srdjan M. Bulatovic, Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice, →ISBN, page 13
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