molybdate Chem.
(məʊˈlɪbdət)
Also 8–9 molybdat.
[mod., formed as molybdic a.: see -ate1. Cf. F. molybdate.]
A salt of molybdic acid.
| 1794 G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. App. 546 Molybdats, soluble in water..but little known. 1796 Hatchett in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 288 The acidulous molybdate of pot-ash. Ibid. 292 Molybdate of lead. 1861 Bristow Gloss. Min., Molybdate of Iron, occurs in subfibrous or in tufted crystals of a deep yellow colour; also pulverulent. 1899 J. Cagney tr. Jaksch's Clin. Diagn. v. (ed. 4) 185 Molybdate of soda. |