tantalate

American

[tan-tl-eyt] / ˈtæn tlˌeɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

a salt of any tantalic acid.

tantalate British

/ ˈtæntəˌleɪt /

noun

any of various salts of tantalic acid formed when the pentoxide of tantalum dissolves in an alkali

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Etymology

Origin of tantalate

First recorded in 1840–50; tantal(ic acid) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

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Ytt′ro-cē′rite, a violet mineral found embedded in quartz, a fluoride of yttrium, cerium, and calcium; Ytt′ro-col′umbite, -tan′talite, a brownish mineral found at Ytterby, a tantalate of yttrium, uranium, and iron, with calcium.

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Without planeloads of mica, quartz crystals, tantalate, columbite, industrial diamonds and rare drugs, the production lines of magnetos, electrical apparatus, stainless steel and medicines would have stopped dead.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are probably present in the form of columbite, a niobate of iron and manganese; and tantalite, a tantalate of the same metals.

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