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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By leveraging a light-sensitive borate intermediate, the scientists could transform quinoline derivatives into a great variety of 2D/3D fused frameworks in a straightforward and cost-effective manner.
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
A group of environmental activists have camped outside the presidency building in central Belgrade for several days while demanding a legal ban on lithium and borate mining in Serbia.
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
A small quantity of perfectly dry acetate of lead or borate of manganese in impalpable powder will hasten the drying of the ink.
From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by Ford, J. Sawtelle
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
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
Carbolized, borated, and corrosive-sublimate gauze have little special value.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
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 Michener, Charles B.
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 Winslow, Kenelm
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