carbonate
noun
a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
carbonates
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present tense formof carbonate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Recently, the scientific community published an interesting study that revitalizes carbonates, offering them a fresh perspective.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
In landscapes with moderate erosion rates of around 0.1 millimeters per year, the rapidly weathering carbonates and sulfides are largely depleted, whereas silicate minerals are abundant and weather efficiently.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024
Take limestone, a chalky rock rich in minerals called carbonates.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
Mars’s warmer, wetter past makes it the second-best place in the solar system to find carbonates.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023
A hotter surface would vaporize still more carbonates into CO,, and there would be the possibility of a runaway greenhouse effect to very high temperatures.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
