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单词 dehydration
释义
dehydration

Chemistry
  • 1. Removal of water from a substance.

    2. A chemical reaction in which a compound loses hydrogen and oxygen in the ratio 2:1. For instance, ethanol passed over hot pumice undergoes dehydration to ethene:

    C2H5OH- H2OCH2=CH2

    Substances such as concentrated sulphuric acid, which can remove H2O in this way, are known as dehydrating agents. For example, with sulphuric acid, methanoic acid gives carbon monoxide:

    HCOOH- H2OCO


Chemical Engineering
  • The process of removing water from a substance. See drying.


Geology and Earth Sciences
  • Removal of water, especially from a chemical compound by heat, sometimes in the presence of a catalyst or dehydrating agent, e.g. sulphuric acid. Also refers to removal of water from crystals, oil, etc., commercially by distillation, chemicals, or heat. In metamorphism, prograde metamorphic reactions commonly involve dehydration of hydrous minerals.


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