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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This intermediate step is crucial, as Nagashima remarks: "Our detailed mechanistic studies revealed that the photoexcited borate complex both accelerates the cycloaddition and suppresses the rearomatization that usually occurs in conventional photocycloaddition reactions."
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024
Borax, or sodium borate decahydrate, is a salt made of a combination of boron, sodium, oxygen and hydrogen.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2023
A thin slab of barium borate first split a single photon into two of photons lower energy with correlated angular momenta.
From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2022
Boron is a plant micronutrient, and plant roots can only recognize and take up the borate molecular form.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022
Chemically, boracite is a magnesium borate and chloride with the formula Mg7Cl2B16O30—A small amount of iron is sometimes present, and an iron-boracite with half the magnesium replaced by ferrous iron has been called huyssenite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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