titanate

[ tahyt-n-eyt ]

nounChemistry.

a salt of titanic acid.

Origin of titanate

First recorded in 1830–40; titan(ic acid) + -ate²

Words Nearby titanate

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How to use titanate in a sentence

The resulting titanate is dissolved out of the "melt" by cold hydrochloric acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
By calcination with nitre, it becomes oxygenated, and forms titanate of potassa.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
The principal titanium minerals are rutile (titanium oxide) and ilmenite (iron titanate).
The Economic Aspect of Geology | C. K. Leith

British Dictionary definitions for titanate

titanate

/ (ˈtaɪtəˌneɪt) /

noun

any salt or ester of titanic acid

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