titanate
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- noun
- /ˈtaɪtəˌneɪt/
- Specialized
- The ceramics made from lead titanate exhibit excellent piezoelectric properties, making them ideal for sensors.
- zinc titanate
- lead titanate
Examples
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In 1962, J. Cooper made the first detailed analysis of the behavior of fast IR detectors and conducted experiments using barium titanate.
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Researchers are studying how zinc titanate can improve the efficiency of solar cells.
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Currently, research is focusing on the sorbent zinc titanate.
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Material costs to produce the various zinc titanates for research are in the vicinity of $8 per pound.
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In this single-element configuration intended to monitor radiation with a wavelength near 10 microns, two lead titanate pyroelectric elements are used.
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A major achievement has been the successful completion of a 100-cycle test using a commercially made 200-pound batch of zinc titanate sorbent.
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Ceramics based on the lead zirconate titanate system are probably the most widely used materials; relatively cheap to manufacture, they are both mechanically and chemically robust.
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Barium titanate is frequently used in electronic devices due to its high dielectric constant.
Surface Forms
Morphology
titanate = titanium (semi-transparent) = titan + ate
The term follows a regular chemical naming pattern meaning a titanium-containing compound, but the specialized technical sense is not fully predictable for an average learner.
Etymology
Titanate comes from titan-, from the Greek 'Titan' meaning 'giant', and the chemical ending -ate, which you see in words like sulfate and nitrate to mean a 'salt' or compound. So a titanate is a kind of 'salt' or compound made with the metal titanium, which fits its use in strong ceramics and electronic parts.