A chemical salt formed when antimonic acid reacts with a base, containing antimony in a combined form.
From antimonic (relating to antimony) + -ate (suffix for salts formed from acids). This technical term emerged in 18th-century chemistry as scientists systematically named compounds by their composition.
The -ate suffix is chemistry's way of cataloging: antimoniate, sulfate, nitrate, phosphate—each suffix tells you exactly what acid was involved. It's like a chemical filing system that lets scientists across the world instantly understand what substance you're discussing.
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