stannate

American  

[stan-eyt] / ˈstæn eɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a salt of a stannic acid.

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Etymology

Origin of stannate

First recorded in 1830–40; stann(ic acid) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

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stannate

For example, ferrate is used instead of ironate, plumbate instead leadate, and stannate instead of tinate.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

However that may be, in these days both names signify cobalt compounds, cœruleum being a stannate of cobalt, and cyanine a mixture of cobalt and Prussian blue.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Another process is to boil the gun-cotton, &c., in a solution of sodium stannate made by adding caustic soda to a solution of stannous chloride, until the precipitate first formed is just re-dissolved.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

The tin contained in the stannate is deposited on the cotton in the form of stannic oxide, or, more strictly, stannic acid.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

The precipitate is then washed and dried, whereupon it takes a green colour tinged with blue, but without the brightness or durability of the preceding stannate.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas