Definition of "borates" []

• Plural form of borate. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "They are without phosphates, borates, nitrates, and other earth pollutants."
• "Some industrial minerals are used as sources of important chemicals (e.g. halite for sodium chloride and borax for borates)."
• "These minerals form when boron-bearing waters percolate into inland desert lakes and evaporate, leaving layers of borates, chlorides, and sulfates."