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hydrous

[ hahy-druhs ]

adjective

  1. containing water.
  2. Chemistry. containing water or its elements in some kind of union, as in hydrates or hydroxides.


hydrous

/ ˈ³ó²¹Éª»å°ùÉ™²õ /

adjective

  1. containing water
  2. (of a chemical compound) combined with water molecules

    hydrous copper sulphate, CuSO4.5H2O

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hydrous

/ ³óī′»å°ùÉ™²õ /

  1. Containing water.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hydrous1

First recorded in 1820–30; hydr- 1 + -ous
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The sulfate deposit, made mainly of jarosite, a hydrous sulfate, was interpreted to have formed when the blanket of volcanic pyroclastic materials came to rest on a glacier and reacted chemically with the ice.

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The voids correspond to the water vapor released from the Ryugu's hydrous silicates and subsequently captured in the melt splashes.

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Unlike meteorites derived from similar hydrous asteroids, the Ryugu samples avoided terrestrial alteration -- the interaction with oxygen and water in the Earth's atmosphere.

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The reduction was previously attributed10,11 to deep dehydration melting — the process in which water is released from the crystal structures of hydrous minerals, causing melting.

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Sun, V. Z. & Milliken, R. E. Ancient and recent clay formation on Mars as revealed from a global survey of hydrous minerals in crater central peaks.

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