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Definition of "niobate" [ni•o•bate]

  • Any salt, XNbO3 of the weak niobic acid (noun)
  • The univalent anion NbO3- (noun)

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Use "niobate" in a sentence
  • "Frequency doubling is an old trick, but Novalux cut costs by using crystals of lithium niobate, which is found in all cell phones."
  • "Exotic materials such as yttrium silver (a metallic compound that manages to be both ductile and strong at the same time) and lithium niobate (which does all manner of weird things to light) are fascinating regardless of whether they might be some sort of real-world equivalents of mithril or the palantirs."
  • "Central to the success of the nanowire light source are the exceptional nonlinear optical properties of potassium niobate."
Words like "niobate"
cadmium niobate
uranoniobate