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fluoborate

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[floo-uh-bawr-eyt, -it, -bohr-] / ˌflu əˈbɔr eɪt, -ɪt, -ˈboʊr- /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a salt of fluoboric acid.


Etymology

Origin of fluoborate

fluo- + borate

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Boron can be estimated by precipitation as potassium fluoborate, which is insoluble in a mixture of potassium acetate and alcohol.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; Ð called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

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