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Xanthate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A salt of a xanthic acid, especially a simple xanthic acid salt, as of sodium or potassium, used as a flotation collector for copper, silver, and gold.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A salt of xanthic; a xanthogenate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A salt of xanthic acid.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a salt or ester of xanthic acid

Word Usage

"- Toxic flotation reagents: those reagents most commonly used in small-scale mining in Latin America are sulfuric acid, diesel oil and long-chained carbon-hydroxides (frothers and collectors) such as xanthate."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

salt

Hyponym

viscose cellulose xanthate

Form

xanthation

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

xanthogenate