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hydrate

/hahy-dreyt/US // ˈhaɪ dreɪt //UK // (ˈhaɪdreɪt) //

水合物,保湿,水合,保水

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na2CO3⋅10H2O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO3⋅H2O, or H2SO4, it is strongly held as water of constitution.
  1. 1

    hy·drat·ed, hy·drat·ing.

    • : to combine chemically with water.

Examples

  • One cubic foot of solid methane hydrate releases about 164 cubic feet of gas.

  • Known as "fire ice," methane hydrate is located in fairly vast quantities on the ocean floor.

  • I'm a big advocate of fracking, but I'll confess I haven't heard of methane hydrate since a geology class several years ago.

  • Launching this spring, it promises “repair, hydrate and renew.”

  • According to this hypothesis, ether is a hydrate of etherin.

  • Gelatinous hydrate of magnesia (as the last).199 Calcined magnesia (taken as the first).

  • Alunite, al′un-īt, n. a mineral consisting of common alum together with normal hydrate of aluminium.

  • There were just the slightest traces of concentrated amylene hydrate on her lips.

  • After cooling the last time, dilute with water and add sodium hydrate till neutral.