BORATE

Borate

Borates are the name for a large number of boron-containing oxyanions. The term "borates" may also more loosely refer to chemical compounds which contain borate anions. Larger borates are composed of trigonal planar BO3 or tetrahedral BO4 structural units, joined together via shared oxygen atoms and may be cyclic or linear in structure. Boron most often occurs in nature as borates, such as borate minerals and borosilicates.

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borate

Noun

  1. A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.


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