Dehydroxylate
Origin
- + hydroxylate
Full definition of dehydroxylate
Verb
- (chemistry) To remove a hydroxyl group
- 2015, July 6, , Core-Shell Processing of Natural Pigment: Upper Palaeolithic Red Ochre from Lovas, Hungary, In general, the goethite and hematite responsible for red coloration of rock particles form by combined hydrolysis and oxidation of Fe(II) bearing minerals (e.g. pyrite, marcasite or iron-rich silicates), which afterwards dehydroxylate into hematite .