cobaltous hydroxide

or cobalt hydroxide, cobaltic hydroxide

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noun

a rose-red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, Co2O3⋅3H2O, used chiefly in the preparation of cobalt salts and in the manufacture of paint and varnish driers.

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Words nearby cobaltous hydroxide

cobalt bomb, cobalt green, cobaltic, cobaltite, cobaltous, cobaltous hydroxide, cobalt violet deep, cobalt violet light, cobalt yellow, Cobb, cobber

How to use cobaltous hydroxide in a sentence

An alcoholic solution of the resin was just neutralized with potassium hydroxide.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
Boiling with an excess of potassium hydroxide gave a black substance (tauromelanic acid).
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
A portion was gently warmed with a few drops of a strong solution of potassium cyanide and two drops of sodium hydroxide.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
A portion of the water solution was heated with glucose and a few drops of sodium hydroxide.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme

By warming with alkalies or barium hydroxide, rhamnose is colored yellow.
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