decahydrate

[ dek-uh-hahy-drit, -dreyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.

Other Words From

• deca·hydrat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of decahydrate¹

First recorded in 1900–05; deca- + hydrate

Example Sentences

Two of these solutions, however, would be metastable and supersaturated with respect to the decahydrate.

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This temperature, therefore, is the transition temperature for decahydrate and anhydrous salt.

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Sodium sulphate, therefore, forms only one stable hydrate, the decahydrate.

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With regard to sodium sulphate heptahydrate the same considerations will hold as in the case of the decahydrate.

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