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fluorotantalate

fluorotantalate noun: any anion in which oxygen atoms of a tantalate anion have been formally replaced by fluorine, but especially TaF₇²⁻, the heptafluorotantalate anion; any salt containing such an anion.

Noun

fluorotantalate (plural fluorotantalates)

  1. Any anion in which oxygen atoms of a tantalate anion have been formally replaced by fluorine, but especially TaF₇²⁻, the heptafluorotantalate anion; any salt containing such an anion

Forms of fluorotantalate

pluralfluorotantalates

Origin of fluorotantalate

From fluoro- + tantalate.

Questions about fluorotantalate

What does fluorotantalate mean?
Fluorotantalate means any anion in which oxygen atoms of a tantalate anion have been formally replaced by fluorine, but especially TaF₇²⁻, the heptafluorotantalate anion; any salt containing such an anion.
What part of speech is fluorotantalate?
Fluorotantalate is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorotantalate?
The plural of fluorotantalate is fluorotantalates.

Words near fluorotantalate in the dictionary

  1. fluorosulfonyls
  2. fluorosurfactant
  3. fluorosurfactants
  4. fluorotag
  5. fluorotags
  6. fluorotantalate
  7. fluorotantalates
  8. fluorotelomer
  9. fluorotelomers
  10. fluorotetralin
  11. fluorothane

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