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hydroxide

Any inorganic chemical compound containing one or more hydroxyl (OH) groups and generally combined with a metal. Hydroxides include sodium hydroxide (caustic soda, NaOH), potassium hydroxide (caustic potash, KOH), and calcium hydroxide (slaked lime, Ca(OH)2).



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APPLICATION: The concentrations of hydroxide ion and hydrogen sulfide ion in a birch kraft cook have an impact on the results of ECF bleaching.
Since the hydroxide ion looks like a water molecule missing a proton, chemists had assumed it behaved in a corresponding way, but one that takes the ion's negative charge into account.
 
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