tantalate

[ tan-tl-eyt ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a salt of any tantalic acid.

tantalate

/ ˈtæntəˌleɪt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tantalate¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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