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hygroscopic

[ UK /hˌa‍ɪɡɹəskˈɒpɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. absorbing moisture (as from the air)

How To Use hygroscopic In A Sentence

  • Some drug materials, e.g. garlic and squill, are extremely hygroscopic and in the presence of water tend to fuse into lumps which make them unsuitable for the percolation process.
  • The bonus with JLS in baking is that it stays hygroscopic like sugar - no dried out muffins or cake! Archive 2009-04-01
  • Most preferably, the hygroscopically sensitive material is a hydrolyzed vegetable protein.
  • The peristome teeth operate hygroscopically to move the diaphragm up into the wind.
  • Gases and non-aqueous liquids can be dehydrated by passing them over or through a hygroscopic substance, one that readily absorbs water.
  • In lieu of common salt, 15 parts of hyposulphite of soda, or other hygroscopic salt, such as chloride of calcium, may be employed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882
  • At room temperature, sodium carbonate is an odorless, grayish-white powder which is hygroscopic.
  • Choline chloride is hygroscopic, and when added to a vitamin premix it will generally hasten the rate of other vitamin destruction.
  • Moreover, hydrogen chloride is hygroscopic, that is a compound that absorbs the moisture from the air. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • It is somewhat hygroscopic or absorbs water from the atmosphere.
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