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xanthate

NOUN
  1. a salt or ester of xanthic acid

How To Use xanthate In A Sentence

  • Salts and esters of xanthic acid are xanthates.
  • Kerosene and butyl xanthate were used as collectors in bulk flotation.
  • This fiber, which was developed by a group of British scientists only a year after the cuprammonium type was first created, involves treating the cellulose with sodium hydroxide followed by carbon disulfide to create cellulose xanthate.
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