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hydroxymate

hydroxymate is the misspelling of hydroxamate.

Meaning of hydroxamate

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

Questions about hydroxymate

What is hydroxymate the misspelling of?
Hydroxymate is the misspelling of hydroxamate.

Words near hydroxymate in the dictionary

  1. hydroxyls
  2. hydroxylysine
  3. hydroxylysines
  4. hydroxylysinohydroxynorleucine
  5. hydroxymaprotiline
  6. hydroxymate
  7. hydroxymetabolite
  8. hydroxymetabolites
  9. hydroxymethyl
  10. hydroxymethylase
  11. hydroxymethylases

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