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What is a xanthate?

What is a xanthate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.
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After the alkali cellulose has aged, carbon disulfide is added to form cellulose xanthate, which is dissolved in sodium hydroxide.
The solution may be regarded as containing the ammonium cellulose xanthate.
Xanthate, any of a class of organic salts formed by treatment of an alcohol with carbon disulfide in the presence of an alkali.
A composition which comprises a mixture of a tetrabenzylthiuram sulphide and one or both of a dihydrocarbyl xanthogen polysulphide and a xanthate selected from metal hydrocarbylxanthates and dihydrocarbylxanthates.
Effective removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions by orange peel xanthate, Trans.
This article will discuss xanthate accelerators in vulcanization systems for isobutylene-based elastomers.

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