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hydroxamate

UK/haɪˈdɹɒksəˌmeɪt/US/haɪˈdɹɑksəˌmeɪt/

hydroxamate noun: a hydroxylamine compound containing a CONOH group, often serving as chelating agents.

Noun

hydroxamate (plural hydroxamates)

  1. A 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

Forms of hydroxamate

pluralhydroxamates

Words formed from hydroxamate

Questions about hydroxamate

What does hydroxamate mean?
Hydroxamate means a hydroxylamine compound containing a CONOH group, often serving as chelating agents.
What part of speech is hydroxamate?
Hydroxamate is a noun.
How do you pronounce hydroxamate?
Hydroxamate is pronounced /haɪˈdɹɑksəˌmeɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of hydroxamate?
The plural of hydroxamate is hydroxamates.

Words near hydroxamate in the dictionary

  1. hydrovinylations
  2. hydrovolcanic
  3. hydrovolcanism
  4. hydrowoodwardite
  5. hydrox
  6. hydroxamate
  7. hydroxamates
  8. hydroxamic
  9. hydroxamic acid
  10. hydroxamic acids
  11. hydroxamide

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