water of crystallization

English

WOTD – 21 August 2015

Alternative forms

• water of crystallisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

Pronunciation

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Noun

water of crystallization (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) The water present in the crystals of the salts of certain metals; it is weakly bound by electrostatic forces and may normally be removed by heating.

Synonyms

• crystallization water
• water of hydration

Translations

water present in crystals

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結晶水／结晶水 (zh) (jiéjīngshuǐ)

• Finnish: kidevesi (fi)
• Greek: νερό κρυστάλλωσης n (neró krystállosis)
• Japanese: 結晶水 (けっしょうすい, kesshōsui)
• Korean: 결정수(結晶水) (gyeoljeongsu)
• Swedish: kristallvatten n
• Vietnamese: nước kết tinh

Further reading

• water of crystallization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia