Bromate
a salt of bromic acid.
to treat with bromine; brominate.
Historical Examples
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 Various
America’s Munitions 1917-1918 Benedict Crowell
noun
any salt or ester of bromic acid, containing the monovalent group -BrO3 or ion BrO3–
verb
to add bromate to (a product), as in the treatment of flour
v. bro·mat·ed, bro·mat·ing, bro·mates
To treat a substance chemically with a bromate.
bromate
(brō’māt’)
A salt or ester containing the group BrO3.
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