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Metal hydroxides
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Metal hydroxide.
In chemistry, metal hydroxides are a family of compounds of the form M(OH)n, where M is a metal. They consist of hydroxide (OH) anions and metallic cations, and are often strong bases. Some metal hydroxides, such as alkali metal hydroxides, ionize completely when dissolved. Certain metal hydroxides are weak electrolytes and dissolve only partially in aqueous solution. Example - KOH,NaOH,etc. ExamplesAluminium hydroxideBeryllium hydroxideCobalt(II) hydroxideCopper(II) hydroxideCurium hydroxideGold(III) hydroxideIron(II) hydroxideMercury(II) hydroxideNickel(II) hydroxideTin(II) hydroxideUranyl hydroxideZinc hydroxideZirconium(IV) hydroxideLithium hydroxideRubidium hydroxideCesium hydroxideSodium hydroxidePotassium hydroxideAlkali metal hydroxidesOther metal hydroxidesGallium(III) hydroxideLead(II) hydroxideThallium(I) hydroxideThallium(III) hydroxideMolecular metal hydroxidesMany metal hydroxides are in fact complexes, i.e. molecules or ions. The transition metal hydroxide complexes are a well developed area in coordination chemistry. Role in soilsIn soils, it is assumed that larger amounts of natural phenols are released from decomposing plant litter rather than from throughfall in