Definition of Ferrate

1. n. A salt of ferric acid.

Definition of Ferrate

1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) The anion FeO42- in which iron is in a +6 formal oxidation state. ¹

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Definition of Ferrate

1. a chemical salt [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ferrate

1. A salt of ferric acid. Origin: L. Ferrum iron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferrate

ferocity
feroher
ferohers
feromone
feromones
ferous
feroxyhyte
feroxyhytes
ferr-
ferralsol
ferralsols
ferrandine
ferrandines
ferrarisite
ferrary
ferrate (current term)
ferrates
ferratin
ferredoxin
ferredoxin-NADP reductase
ferredoxin-nitrite oxidoreductase
ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase
ferredoxins
ferrel
ferreled
ferreling
ferrelled
ferrelling
ferrels
ferreous

Literary usage of Ferrate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"If barium chromate be digested with a solution of sodium ferrate, barium ferrate is formed and the solution changes color from red to yellow, ..."

2. The Metallurgy of Zinc and Cadmium by Walter Renton Ingalls (1903)
"Zinc ferrate (ZnO,Fez()3) is formed when zinc oxide is heated with ... In the United States the New Jersey deposits of franklinite (mangano-ferrate of zinc) ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"ferrate, STRONTIUM SI. sol. in H2O by which it is decomp. Sol. in aqueous solutions of Na aud K salts with partial decomp. Decomp. by acids. Insol. in sat. ..."

4. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"After an hour drain the precipitate of barium ferrate on a hardened filter, wash it with alcohol, then with ether, and dry at the room temperature in a ..."

5. The Chemical Trade Journal and Oil, Paint and Colour Review (1896)
"Not only did Fremy fail in his attempts lo produce sodium ferrate in the v ay, but there is not to be found in the literature of the subject any account of ..."

6. Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway; Or, Stories of the Locomotive in by William Sloane Kennedy (1884)
"In the Italian war of 1859, the strade ferrate proved of great value to the French. On one occasion French troops arrived by train from Genoa, ..."

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