anhydrousadjective
/ænˈhaɪ.drəs//ænˈhaɪ.drəs/containing no water
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Chemistry: types of chemical
- acid salt
- alkali
- alkali metal
- alkaloid
- alkyl
- alkyne
- buffer
- carb
- hydrate
- hydro-
- hydrocarbon
- insoluble
- oxide
- petrochemical
- polymer
- stain
- strong acid
- strong base
- weak acid
- weak base
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Examples from literature
- Anhydrous gypsum is a rare variety, into which water does not enter as a component part.
- It behaved in fact similarly to the natural anhydrous calcium sulphate which is unaffected by water.
- The larger mobile species were, then, practically anhydrous.
- The peroxide precipitated from a nitric solution may, under certain circumstances, be anhydrous.
- To this last is joined a drying-tube containing chloride of calcium and anhydrous copper sulphate.