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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various salts containing ZnO22− or related hydroxide complexes, such as Zn(OH)3.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In chem., a compound which may be viewed as resulting from the union of zinc oxid with the oxid of a more electropositive metal, or from the replacement of hydrogen in zinc hydroxid by a very strongly electropositive metal, such as potassium or sodium.

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  • noun chemistry any salt formally derived from zinc oxide or hydroxide by combination with a more electropositive element

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Examples

  • As the concentration of zincate increases, it precipitates out as zinc oxide.

    A Brief History of Batteries- Part 1 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • The reaction involves zinc electrochemically reacting and forming a complex called zincate.

    A Brief History of Batteries- Part 1 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • But it turns out that when you try to deposit the zinc from the zincate, it does not deposit in the same place where it dissolved.

    A Brief History of Batteries- Part 1 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • And you begin to wonder if you should never let the zinc precipitate as zinc oxide and if you should just keep it as zincate by, say, flowing it.

    Archive 2010-09-01 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • And you begin to wonder if you should never let the zinc precipitate as zinc oxide and if you should just keep it as zincate by, say, flowing it.

    A Brief History of Batteries- Part 2 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • What this means is that zinc oxide easily goes into solution to form zincate in the electrolyte.

    A Brief History of Batteries- Part 1 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • The product of this reaction, potassium zincate, is a salt of zinc hydroxide, which is thus seen to have acid properties, though it usually acts as a base.

    An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson

  • The upshot is that while the zincate reagent tends to create the most energetically stable product molecule, the aluminate reagent simply replaces the most easily removed hydrogen atom, leading to a different end product.

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  • Schematic of the structures of the aluminate (a) and zincate (b) reagents.

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  • ""But it turns out that when you try to deposit the zinc from the zincate, it does deposit in the same place where it dissolved."

    A Brief History of Batteries- Part 1 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

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