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dehydroxylate

dehydroxylate verb: to remove a hydroxyl group.

Verb

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

  1. To 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

Forms of dehydroxylate

third-person singular presentdehydroxylates
present participledehydroxylating
past participledehydroxylated
pastdehydroxylated

Origin of dehydroxylate

From de- + hydroxylate.

Words formed from dehydroxylate

Questions about dehydroxylate

What does dehydroxylate mean?
Dehydroxylate means to remove a hydroxyl group.
What part of speech is dehydroxylate?
Dehydroxylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of dehydroxylate?
The past tense of dehydroxylate is dehydroxylated.

Words near dehydroxylate in the dictionary

  1. dehydrothermal
  2. dehydrothiotoluidine
  3. dehydroxy
  4. dehydroxylase
  5. dehydroxylases
  6. dehydroxylate
  7. dehydroxylated
  8. dehydroxylation
  9. dehymenisation
  10. dehymenization
  11. dehyphenation

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