noun
- salts or esters of molybdic acid, containing the molybdate ion
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Sodium molybdate is commonly used as a fertilizer additive.
- The laboratory analyzed various molybdates for their chemical properties.
- Molybdates are important compounds in industrial catalysis.
- The researcher studied the crystal structure of several molybdates.
- Ammonium molybdate serves as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
- These molybdates exhibit interesting optical properties.