hydroxyl
Americanadjective
noun
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- hydroxylic adjective
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Identifying water through its ultraviolet byproduct, hydroxyl, marks an important step in understanding how interstellar comets behave and change over time.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
Throughout the process, Huml also uses a variety of machines to clean the air, including air scrubbers, deodorizing hydroxyl generators and negative air machines that clean the air and push it outside.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025
It can result, above all, from the reaction of sulfur dioxide with hydroxyl radicals.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
The free radical species generated, hydroxyl radical, is extremely reactive and hits DNA like a shotgun blast, causing damage everywhere, Burrows said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
The nitro group behaves very similarly to the hydroxyl group.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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