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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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The researchers who made the surface observations caution that their observations cannot clearly distinguish between water and the hydroxyl ion.
Similarly, these renewable energy sources can be used to split water into hydrogen and hydroxyl ion, and then use the hydrogen to power the hydrogen fuel cell.
25) At the cathode, oxygen is reduced on a catalytically active surface of oxidized metal, mainly to hydroxyl ions as given in reaction (1), but other reaction products such as peroxides, super oxides, and radicals may also be formed.
 
 
 
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