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

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

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