borate
[noun bawr-eyt, -it, bohr-; verb bawr-eyt, bohr-]Chemistry
- a salt or ester of boric acid.
- (loosely) a salt or ester of any acid containing boron.
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- to treat with borate, boric acid, or borax.
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Origin of borate
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The former must be distinguished from the white pulverulent precipitate of borate of silver, which is thrown down from pure borax.
At a red heat the litharge and borate of lead are fused, and cause the adhesion of the platinum to the softened glass.
If turmeric paper be dipped into a solution of a borate, and then be dried at 100° C., it is turned to a peculiar red color.
The Elements of Blowpipe AnalysisFrederick Hutton Getman
This is the only important case known of borate deposits of marine origin.
The Economic Aspect of GeologyC. K. Leith
A small quantity of perfectly dry acetate of lead or borate of manganese in impalpable powder will hasten the drying of the ink.
Paper and Printing RecipesJ. Sawtelle Ford
borate
- a salt or ester of boric acid. Salts of boric acid consist of BO 3 and BO 4 units linked together
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- (tr) to treat with borax, boric acid, or borate
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borate
(bôr′āt′)- A salt or ester of boric acid.
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borate
[bôr′āt′]
- A salt or ester of boric acid, containing the radical BO3.
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