borate
Americannoun
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a salt or ester of boric acid.
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(loosely) a salt or ester of any acid containing boron.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of borate
First recorded in 1810–20; bor- ( def. ) + -ate 2
Example Sentences
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The miner said “market testing” of its borates and titanium businesses is underway, “together with the monetization of infrastructure.”
Already, Trott has begun a strategic review of Rio Tinto’s borates operations in California, and an iron and titanium business in northern Quebec.
By leveraging a light-sensitive borate intermediate, the scientists could transform quinoline derivatives into a great variety of 2D/3D fused frameworks in a straightforward and cost-effective manner.
From Science Daily
Borax, or sodium borate decahydrate, is a salt made of a combination of boron, sodium, oxygen and hydrogen.
From Salon
A thin slab of barium borate first split a single photon into two of photons lower energy with correlated angular momenta.
From Scientific American
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