ferrate
noun
fer·rate
ˈfeˌrāt
plural -s
: any of various classes of compounds containing iron and oxygen in the anion or regarded as so constituted: such as
a
: a strongly oxidizing dark red salt analogous to the chromates and sulfates and formed in various ways (as by heating iron filings with a nitrate)
potassium ferrate K2FeO4
called also ferrate (VI)
b
: ferrite
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary ferr- (from Latin ferrum iron) + -ate
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