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dehydroxylated

dehydroxylated is the simple past and past participle of dehydroxylate.

Meaning of dehydroxylate

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

Questions about dehydroxylated

What is dehydroxylated the simple past and past participle of?
Dehydroxylated is the simple past and past participle of dehydroxylate.

Words near dehydroxylated in the dictionary

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

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