How to Use hydroxide in a Sentence
hydroxide
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The foam core acts a conductor, and the nickel-iron hydroxide starts the electrolysis.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2019
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With the leaves partially off of the trees, a contractor can apply a copper hydroxide spray which will slowly kill the ball moss.
—San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018
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Water can act as either an acid or a base filled with both hydrogen and hydroxide ions.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2018
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The other was with U.S. miner Livent for a key input, lithium hydroxide.
—Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 26 July 2022
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Added to seawater, the hydroxide raises the alkalinity and captures more CO2 from the air, the firm says.
—Eric Niiler, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022
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Potassium hydroxide is a degree worse and harder to deal with.
—Hannah K. Sparling, The Enquirer, 17 Nov. 2020
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Sodium hydroxide neutralizes the acid to form non-toxic salts and PFAS-free water.
—Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2023
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Adding the hydroxide to water allows it to take up CO2 from the air, turning it into bicarbonate.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 28 June 2018
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If there are an equal number of hydrogen and hydroxide ions present, the acid and base will neutralize each other, forming a salt and water.
—Megan Arnett, Scientific American, 21 June 2018
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Soap, Ryan explained, consists of water, fat, and lye (or sodium hydroxide).
—Jacoba Urist, The Atlantic, 9 June 2017
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Sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda or lye, is one of the chemicals to be stored at the location.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2022
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On the other side of the battery, the manganese oxide gains an oxygen atom from the water and leaves hydroxide ions behind to balance out the hydroxide being consumed by the zinc.
—Robert Masse, The Conversation, 15 July 2019
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Prices for cobalt hydroxide, which boosts energy density and battery life, have risen more than 40%.
—Jacky Wong, WSJ, 22 July 2021
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Physically remove it with a pole pruner or saw or spray it with copper hydroxide (Kocide) this month.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 6 Feb. 2020
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The North purchased mercury and lithium hydroxide in China, and the items were transported across the border, the president of the institute, David Albright, said.
—Jane Perlez, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2017
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The cathode is nickel hydroxide while the anode is hydrogen.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2023
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In lithium hydroxide, China’s presence is even greater; China produced four-fifths of the global total in 2019.
—Jordan McGillis, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
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But instead of cooling the water, the goal here is to get air in contact with the potassium dissolved in the water, which forsakes its hydroxide partner to grab molecules of CO2.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 7 June 2018
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The lithium hydroxide canisters were able to clear the carbon dioxide and within an hour, the carbon dioxide levels in the lunar module dropped.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Apr. 2020
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The event produced an array of oxides and hydroxides, including rust—which, incidentally, changed the color of the landscape from gray to red.
—Jan Zalasiewicz, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2016
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The researchers concluded that anvil clouds may also produce 2 to 16 percent of all hydroxide found on Earth, reports Inverse.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2021
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Physically remove it with a pole pruner or saw or spray it with copper hydroxide in February.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
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Sicomines only began exporting cobalt hydroxide in June, the data shows.
—William Clowes, Bloomberg.com, 8 Oct. 2017
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Now is the best time to spray your peaches and plums with copper hydroxide (Kocide) to reduce bacterial disease pressure.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 31 Oct. 2019
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Lithium hydroxide is crucial to GM’s plans to make higher performance, higher mileage EVs.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2022
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The result is a finely mixed powder of metal hydroxides that are baked with lithium hydroxide to create the material used for the cathode.
—Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020
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The result is a finely mixed powder of metal hydroxides that are baked with lithium hydroxide to create the material used for the cathode.
—Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020
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Sodium hydroxide, also called lye, is used to treat water acidity but the compound is also found in cleaning supplies such as soaps and drain cleaners.
—Frank Bajak, Star Tribune, 9 Feb. 2021
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To combat bacterial spot and other peach tree diseases, apply a copper hydroxide spray on or about Nov. 1.
—Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
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In lab speak, the collagen converts into hydrogen and hydroxide.
—Joe Kohl-Riggs, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
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