hydroxyl Definition
hy·droxyl (hī dräks′il)
hydroxyl Related Forms
hy′·droxyl′·ic (hī′dräks il′ik) adjective
hydroxyl (OH) Telecom Definition
- A negative ion formed by the attachment of an oxygen (O) atom and a hydrogen (H) atom.
- In telecommunications, hydroxyl ions are a contaminant introduced into the single-mode optical fiber (SMF) during the manufacturing process.The hydroxyl ions cause water peak attenuation in several wavelength windows, rendering them unusable, which has considerable implications for high speed fiber optics transmission systems (FOTS) employing coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM). See also attenuation, CWDM, FOTS, ion, SMF, water peak, wavelength, and window.
hydroxyl Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: Alcohol: An organic compound having a hydroxyl ( -OH ) group attached.
- destabilizing: The attached group is then lost to leave a destabilizing hydroxyl radical on the group.
- form: Excess hydrogen peroxide may then react with transition metals to form hydroxyl radical.
Adjective modifier
- aliphatic: For instance, it might place an hydroxyl oxygen of glucose at a favorable energy minimum in the Grid Map for aliphatic hydroxyl.
- reactive: In the body, it is known that enzymes can convert oxygen to the extremely reactive hydroxyl radical ( HO.
Modifies a noun
- ion: The molecule is first adsorbed, followed by the rupture of an O-H bond to produce two hydroxyl ions on the surface.
- radical: Not all free radicals are small, like the hydrogen or hydroxyl radicals.
- oxygen: For instance, it might place an hydroxyl oxygen of glucose at a favorable energy minimum in the Grid Map for aliphatic hydroxyl.
- hydrogen: Structures for which the original authors have noted that the hydroxyl hydrogens positions were refined are indicated in the Table.
- group: In order to incorporate hydroxyl groups into onto the vacant oxide sites, the material is exposed to humid atmospheres.
- compound: Reactive metals ( e.g. sodium, calcium, zinc etc ) Materials reactive with hydroxyl compounds.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near hydroxyl
- ‹ hydroxyketone
- ‹ hydroxybutyric acid
- ‹ hydroxy-
- ‹ hydroxy acid
- ‹ hydroxy
- ‹ hydroxide ion
- ‹ hydroxide
- ‹ hydrous
- ‹ hydrotropism
- ‹ hydrothorax
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