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Hydrolysis   /haɪdrˈɑləsəs/   Listen
Hydrolysis

noun
1.
A chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water.





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"Hydrolysis" Quotes from Famous Books



... the world was dead to me. No news of it filtered in. The history of science was making fast, and I was interested in a thousand subjects. Why, there was my theory of the hydrolysis of casein by trypsin, which Professor Walters had been carrying out in his laboratory. Also, Professor Schleimer had similarly been collaborating with me in the detection of phytosterol in mixtures of animal and vegetable fats. The work surely was going on, but with what results? ...
— The Jacket (The Star-Rover) • Jack London


Words linked to "Hydrolysis" :   hydrolize, reaction, hydrolise, chemical reaction


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