💧 A hydrated compound 💧 With six water molecules

hexahydrate

9.5

Containing six water molecules in each crystal

adjective
/ˌhɛksəˈhaɪdreɪt/

Specialized

: hexahidratado

The label indicated that the chemical was in its hexahydrate form, not the anhydrous form.

Examples

The label indicated that the chemical is available in hexahydrate form for better solubility.
The copper(II) sulfate hexahydrate crystals are bright blue due to the water molecules.
When heated, the hexahydrate loses its water and turns into an anhydrous compound.
The compound is a hexahydrate of copper sulfate.
Sodium sulfate can form a hexahydrate under certain conditions.
The copper(II) sulfate hexahydrate crystals are bright blue due to the water molecules.
When heated, the hexahydrate loses its water molecules and becomes an anhydrous compound.

How Hydrated

hexahydrate

Specialized

9.5

pentahydrate

Specialized

1 9.0

trihydrate

Specialized

8.4

monohydrate

Specialized

1 7.9

anhydrous

Specialized

3 9.8

Surface Forms

hexahydrate positive

Morphology

hexahydrate = hydrate (semi-transparent) = hexa + hydrate + hexa

The word is formed by the regular scientific combining form 'hexa-' meaning 'six' attached to 'hydrate', a standard chemical term; the morphological process is regular though technical.

Etymology

Hexahydrate is made of hexa- 'six', like in hexagon, and hydrate 'water', like in to hydrate. So hexahydrate describes something that has six water molecules attached.