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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 alkali cellulose is next converted to cellulose xanthate crumb by reaction with carbon disulfide.
Cellulose xanthate is produced from wood cellulose in reaction with sodium hydroxide and carbon disulfide.
The solution may be regarded as containing the ammonium cellulose xanthate.
Cellulose xanthate has numerous applications in various industries, among which mention can be made of its application in floating metals in the extracted mineral rocks.
Xanthate anions and protonated xanthic acid contain a free thiol moiety and are highly reductive.

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