As nouns the difference between carbonate and tetracarbonate
is that carbonate is while tetracarbonate is (chemistry) any compound containing four carbonate groups in each molecule or unit cell.
carbonate
English
Noun
(
en noun)
Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.
Derived terms
* barium carbonate
* bicarbonate
* bismuth carbonate
* cadmium carbonate
* calcium carbonate
* calcium magnesium carbonate
* carbonate ion
* carbonate of potash
* carbonate of potassa
* carbonate of potassium
* carbonate strontianite
* copper carbonate
* cupric carbonate
* dicarbonate
* fluocarbonate
* hydrocarbonate
* hydrogen carbonate
* hydrogen carbonate ion
* hydrogen potassium carbonate
* lead carbonate
* lithium carbonate
* magnesium carbonate
* manganese carbonate
* metacarbonate
* oxycarbonate
* percarbonate
* potassic carbonate
* potassium acid carbonate
* potassium carbonate
* potassium hydrogen carbonate
* silver carbonate
* sodium carbonate
* sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate
* sodium hydrogen carbonate
* sulfocarbonate, sulphocarbonate
* strontium carbonate
* thorium carbonate
* urano-ammonic carbonate
* uranoso-ammonic carbonate
* uranyl carbonate
* zinc carbonate
Verb
(carbonat)
To charge (often a beverage) with carbon dioxide.
Derived terms
* carbonatation
* carbonated
* carbonation
* carbonator
English heteronyms
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tetracarbonate
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(chemistry) Any compound containing four carbonate groups in each molecule or unit cell 