Definition of hydroxides Hydroxides

/hajdɹɑˈksajdz/ - [haydraksaydz] -

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Noun Plural: hydroxides
hydroxide - a compound of an oxide with water
		hydrated oxide
		chemical compound, compound an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
		aluminium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, hydrated aluminium oxide, hydrated aluminum oxide white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite
		calcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime, lime a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
		magnesium hydroxide a white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines
		caustic potash, potash, potassium hydroxide a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
hydroxide - a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group

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hydroxide (Noun)
An univalent anion OH-1 based on the hydroxyl functional group .
hydroxide (Noun)
Any substance containing such an anion.

hydroxide (n.)
A hydrate; a substance containing hydrogen and oxygen, made by combining water with an oxide, and yielding water by elimination. The hydroxides are regarded as compounds of hydroxyl, united usually with basic element or radical; as, calcium hydroxide ethyl hydroxide.

hydroxide
hī-droks′īd, n. a metallic or basic radical combined with one or more hydroxyl groups.—n. Hydrox′yl, a compound radical not yet isolated, but found in many chemical compounds

Hydroxide in chemistry is a name given to the diatomic anion OH−, made up of oxygen and hydrogen atoms. Most chemical compounds that contain hydroxides are bases.

An Arrhenius base is a substance that when dissolved in an aqueous solution, it produces hydroxide ions. Therefore, hydroxide ions are heavily involved in acid-base reactions.

Many useful chemical reactions or processes involve hydroxide or hydroxide ions. Sodium hydroxide is used in industry as a strong base, potassium hydroxide is used in agriculture, and iron hydroxide minerals such as goethite and limonite have been used as iron ore. The aluminium ore bauxite is made mainly out of aluminium hydroxides.

Most inorganic hydroxide salts don't dissolve in water.

Uses of hydroxides.

Many useful chemicals and chemical processes involve hydroxides or hydroxide ions. Sodium hydroxide is used in factories as an alkali, potassium hydroxide is used in farming, and iron hydroxide have been used as low grade brown iron ore.