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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