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fer·rate | \ ˈfeˌrāt \
plural -s
Definition of ferrate
: any of various classes of compounds containing iron and oxygen in the anion or regarded as so constituted: such as
a : a strongly oxidizing dark red salt analogous to the chromates and sulfates and formed in various ways (as by heating iron filings with a nitrate)
potassium ferrate K2FeO4
— called also ferrate (VI)
b : ferrite
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