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hydrochemical anomaly

Anomalous patterns of elements contained in ground or surface water.
See:anomaly

hydrochemical prospecting

See:hydrogeochemical prospecting

hydrocyanic acid

Unstable; volatile; colorless; extremely poisonous; gas or liquid; HCN;
soluble in water, in alcohol, and in ether; only slightly dissociated with
water; and an odor resembling that of bitter almonds. Formed by
decomposing metallic cyanides with hydrochloric acid.
Syn:hydrogen cyanide; prussic acid.
Standard, 2; Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 2

hydrocyclone

A cyclone separator in which a spray of water is used. ASM, 1

hydrodynamic computer codes

Computer codes or models that compute the properties or predicted behavior
of explosives or materials subjected to supersonic (dynamic) forces.

hydrodynamics

The aspect of hydromechanics that deals with forces that produce motion.
CF:hydrostatics

hydrodynamic wave

An obsolete term for a type of surface wave that is similar to a Rayleigh
wave but has an opposite particle motion. Syn:H wave

hydrodynamometer

An instrument for determining the velocity of a fluid in motion by its
pressure. Standard, 2

hydroextraction

See:hydraulic extraction

hydroextractor

See:centrifuge

hydrofranklinite

See:chalcophanite

hydrogarnet

A member of the garnet group having SiO4 partly replaced by (OH)
4 . CF:hydrogrossular; garnetoid.

hydrogenation of coal

See:coal liquefaction

hydrogen cyanide

See:hydrocyanic acid

hydrogen embrittlement

A condition of low ductility in metals resulting from the absorption of
hydrogen. ASM, 1

hydrogen ion

The stripped (naked) proton of hydrogen, H+, or the proton combined with
one or more molecules of water, as H3 O+ or H(H2 O)
+ . The latter is sometimes called oxonium, hydroxonium, or
hydronium ion. H+ is usually spoken of as the proton. H-ion concentration
is the pH value. Pryor, 3

hydrogenous

a. Said of coals high in moisture, such as brown coals. AGI
b. Said of coals high in volatiles, such as sapropelic coals. AGI

hydrogen sulfide

Colorless; flammable; gas; H2 S . It is readily decomposed. Reacts
with bases forming sulfides and with some metals to produce metal sulfides
and to liberate hydrogen. Poisonous. Syn:hydrosulfuric acid
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 2

hydrogeochemical prospecting

Prospecting guided by the composition of ground or surface water.
Syn:hydrochemical prospecting

hydrograph

A graph showing stage, flow, velocity, or other characteristics of water
with respect to time. A stream hydrograph commonly shows rate of flow; a
ground-water hydrograph, water level or head. AGI

hydrography

a. The science that deals with the physical aspects of all waters on the
Earth's surface, esp. the compilation of navigational charts of bodies of
water. AGI
b. The body of facts encompassed by hydrography. AGI