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Anion vs Metallate - What's the difference?

anion | metallate |

As nouns the difference between anion and metallate

is that anion is a negatively charged ion while metallate is (chemistry) any anion or salt containing a metal atom ligated to one or more oxygen or other atoms, or to small groups; eg tungstate, tetrathiomolybdate or ferrocyanide.

anion

English

(wikipedia anion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A negatively charged ion.

    • Related terms

    * cation

    Anagrams

    * ----

    metallate

    English

    Alternative forms

    *metalate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any anion or salt containing a metal atom ligated to one or more oxygen or other atoms, or to small groups; e.g. tungstate, tetrathiomolybdate or ferrocyanide

    • Derived terms

    *cyanometallate *oxometallate *selenometallate *tellurometallate *thiometallate