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
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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
The activists now are demanding the banning of lithium and borate mining in the entire country.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
To create their qutrits, both teams used the triple-branching path of a photon, expressed in carefully orchestrated optical systems of lasers, beam splitters and barium borate crystals.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2019
Enormous quantities of borax, already exploited, and of nitrate of soda, are known to be present in the surrounding country, the former as almost pure borate of lime in Tertiary lake sediments.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
Useful methods of applying these are by the medium of borated cotton, oakum, tow, or spongiopiline, covered with oiled silk or the Lister protective material.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The folds and creases of their skin must be kept dry and powdered with borated talcum.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
The scorched surface should be covered with this liniment and then with a layer of borated gauze or absorbent cotton, to protect from the air.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
An advantage of this borated oil is that it always retains a slight stickiness, and so gives a good joint when wrapped around wires, etc.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various
Carbolized, borated, and corrosive-sublimate gauze have little special value.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
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