fluoborate
[ floo-uh-bawr-eyt, -it, -bohr- ]
/ ˌflu əˈbɔr eɪt, -ɪt, -ˈboʊr- /
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noun Chemistry.
a salt of fluoboric acid.
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Words nearby fluoborate
flunitrazepam, flunk, flunkey, flunkout, flunky, fluoborate, fluoboric, fluoboric acid, fluocinonide, Fluon, fluophosphate
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Boron can be estimated by precipitation as potassium fluoborate, which is insoluble in a mixture of potassium acetate and alcohol.