fluoborate

[ floo-uh-bawr-eyt, -it, -bohr- ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a salt of fluoboric acid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluoborate¹

fluo- + borate

Example Sentences

A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; Ð called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate.

From Project Gutenberg

Boron can be estimated by precipitation as potassium fluoborate, which is insoluble in a mixture of potassium acetate and alcohol.

From Project Gutenberg