How to Use hydroxide in a Sentence

hydroxide

noun
  • Water can act as either an acid or a base filled with both hydrogen and hydroxide ions.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2018
  • Potassium hydroxide is a degree worse and harder to deal with.
    — Hannah K. Sparling, The Enquirer, 17 Nov. 2020
  • That compound then needs to be converted to lithium hydroxide.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The team also found, for the first time, manganese hydroxide in the observed specimens.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 June 2025
  • Aluminum hydroxide is the most commonly used.
    — Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
  • Soap, Ryan explained, consists of water, fat, and lye (or sodium hydroxide).
    — Jacoba Urist, The Atlantic, 9 June 2017
  • The foam core acts a conductor, and the nickel-iron hydroxide starts the electrolysis.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2019
  • With the leaves partially off of the trees, a contractor can apply a copper hydroxide spray which will slowly kill the ball moss.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Physically remove it with a pole pruner or saw or spray it with copper hydroxide (Kocide) this month.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Prices for cobalt hydroxide, which boosts energy density and battery life, have risen more than 40%.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 22 July 2021
  • Both lithium carbonate and hydroxide can be used in lithium-ion batteries.
    — Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Sodium hydroxide, also known as caustic soda or lye, is one of the chemicals to be stored at the location.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2022
  • To counter this, the team used a ternary molten salt made of lithium hydroxide, lithium nitrate, and lithium salicylate.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
  • If there are an equal number of hydrogen and hydroxide ions present, the acid and base will neutralize each other, forming a salt and water.
    — Megan Arnett, Scientific American, 21 June 2018
  • It was found that hydroxide ions shifted the absorption onset to energies different from those in pure ice.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Physically remove it with a pole pruner or saw or spray it with copper hydroxide in February.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Sicomines only began exporting cobalt hydroxide in June, the data shows.
    — William Clowes, Bloomberg.com, 8 Oct. 2017
  • In lab speak, the collagen converts into hydrogen and hydroxide.
    — Joe Kohl-Riggs, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
  • An iron hydroxide plume in a beaker simulating early Earth conditions.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Sodium hydroxide, also called lye, is used to treat water acidity but the compound is also found in cleaning supplies such as soaps and drain cleaners.
    — Frank Bajak, Star Tribune, 9 Feb. 2021
  • The cathode splits the sea water into hydroxide anions and hydrogen gas, which releases electrodes.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2017
  • The lithium hydroxide canisters were able to clear the carbon dioxide and within an hour, the carbon dioxide levels in the lunar module dropped.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Now is the best time to spray your peaches and plums with copper hydroxide (Kocide) to reduce bacterial disease pressure.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Sodium hydroxide, a typical reagent that helps cause a chemical reaction, was also part of the solution.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The result is a finely mixed powder of metal hydroxides that are baked with lithium hydroxide to create the material used for the cathode.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The event produced an array of oxides and hydroxides, including rust—which, incidentally, changed the color of the landscape from gray to red.
    — Jan Zalasiewicz, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2016
  • Residents are demanding an end to the deal, which seeks to build a factory for electric vehicle batteries and a lithium hydroxide plant.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Sodium hydroxide neutralizes the acid to form non-toxic salts and PFAS-free water.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2023
  • On the other side of the battery, the manganese oxide gains an oxygen atom from the water and leaves hydroxide ions behind to balance out the hydroxide being consumed by the zinc.
    — Robert Masse, The Conversation, 15 July 2019
  • Once stabilized, rapidly increasing the heat melted the lithium hydroxide more evenly around the particles.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026

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