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fluoroapatite

fluoroapatite is the alternative form of fluorapatite.

Meaning of fluorapatite

Noun

fluorapatite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorapatites)

  1. A calcium halophosphate mineral, in which fluoride replaces the hydroxide of apatite, that is mined as a phosphate ore, and occurs in the enamel of teeth.

Forms of fluoroapatite

pluralfluoroapatites

Questions about fluoroapatite

What is fluoroapatite the alternative form of?
Fluoroapatite is the alternative form of fluorapatite.

Words near fluoroapatite in the dictionary

  1. fluoroanions
  2. fluoroantimonate
  3. fluoroantimonates
  4. fluoroantimonic
  5. fluoroantimonic acid
  6. fluoroapatite
  7. fluoroarene
  8. fluoroarenes
  9. fluoroaromatic
  10. fluoroaromatics
  11. fluoroarsenate

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