Examples of borate in the following topics:
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- Borates are the name for a large number of boron-containing oxoanions.
- The term may also more loosely refer to chemical compounds which contain borate anions.
- Borates are the form in which boron most often occurs in nature, mainly as borate minerals and borosilicates.
- The incomplete octet means that Borates act as Lewis acids.
- Both trigonal and tetrahedral units can co-exist in a complex borate, such as the anion in borax.
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- On Earth, boron is concentrated by the water-solubility of its more common naturally-occurring compounds, the borate minerals.
- Borates have low toxicity for mammals (similar to table salt), but are more toxic to arthropods and have been used as insecticides.
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- These reactions are seldom discussed in detail; however, it is worth noting that the mercury moiety is reduced to metallic mercury by borohydride (probably by way of radical intermediates), and boron is oxidized to borate by the alkaline peroxide.