noun
- salts or esters of arsenic acid, containing the arsenate ion
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Lead arsenates were once commonly used as insecticides in agriculture.
- The laboratory analyzed soil samples for traces of arsenates.
- Calcium arsenates can be toxic to both pests and beneficial insects.
- The mining operation left behind contaminated water containing arsenates.
- Scientists studied the environmental impact of arsenates in groundwater.
- Some arsenates form crystalline structures that are studied in mineralogy.