How to Use borate in a Sentence

borate

noun
  • Further, borates contain atoms of both boron and oxygen.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Such basins are common across the Balkans, with many containing borates and oil shales, but only Jadar has jadarite.
    — New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The problem is that it had been thought that borates hinder some of the reactions on the chemical pathway to RNA.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • This natural compound mined from salt plains and mountains out West is also known as sodium borate, disodium tetraborate, or sodium tetraborate.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • Intriguingly, borates have also been detected on Mars, meaning everything should have been in place to produce RNA there too.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The team has created a single-crystalline 3D borate covalent organic framework that works as a solid-state electrolyte, improving both safety and performance.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Using a borate–water matrix combined with amorphous lithium tetraborate, lithium salt, and carboxymethyl cellulose, the team created a slime-like interface that allows lithium ions to move in all directions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Furthermore, the borates hadn't hindered anything at all, but actually supported some of the steps in the DSM model, such as stabilizing the ribose molecules that can often be unstable and break down, and facilitating the production of phosphates.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • By introducing fluorine to the borate crystal framework and carefully controlling the structure, the team outlined a broader design strategy for discovering future vacuum ultraviolet nonlinear optical materials.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026

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